Lucy Ejike, the
team Nigeria’s Captain at the ongoing Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, has won
a third gold medal for the country. She beat the Paralympic and World Record
three successive times to dominate the women’s 61kg event in Power-lifting.
Ejike began her campaign to victory at the Riocentro
Pavillion 2 on Sunday with a successful attempt at 136.0kg, which was a new
Paralympic Record (PR) and World Record (WR).
She went on to set a superior mark of 138.0kg at
her next attempt, before culminating with a massive lift of 142.0kg.
Inspired by her impressive form, the 38-year-old requested
for the weights to be set at 145kg outside of competition. However she was
unable to make a clean lift, and her mark of 142.0kg survived the onslaught.
Ejike’s victory is Nigeria’s fifth medal at the ongoing
Games, and third GOLD medal behind Roland
Ezuruike and Paul
Kehinde who also dominated their respective categories in the
Power-lifting event. Latifat
Tijani and Esther
Onyema won Silver medals respectively.
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