Rio 2016 Paralympics | Nigeria at 9th position as gold medals pour in

Team Nigeria at the moment are ninth on the overall medals table at the ongoing Rio 2016 Paralympics.

Braving the odds in Rio, the country’s Paralympians have now amassed a total nine medals.

Six of the total haul are gold, with two silver and a bronze medal.

The latest set of gold for Nigeria came from Ndidi Nwosu and Bose Omolayo.

Nwosu, Monday afternoon, beat the defending champion to win the women’s -73kg Power-lifting event.

After initially looking like she was going to settle for Bronze, Nwosu stepped up in her very last attempt.

She lifted 140kg to equal the Paralympics Record (PR) to usurp France’s Souhad Ghazouani who previously was in the lead.

Omolayo on her part shattered her own World Record (WR) and set a new one of 138kg to win Nigeria’s sixth gold.

Team Nigeria still have a good chance of moving further up on the medals table as they are now tied on six gold medals with likes of Brazil, Australia Netherlands and Uzbekistan just ahead of them.

The aforementioned countries have either more silver or bronze than Nigeria at the moment.

Support PREMIUM TIMES' journalism of integrity and credibility

Good journalism costs a lot of money. Yet only good journalism can ensure the possibility of a good society, an accountable democracy, and a transparent government.

For continued free access to the best investigative journalism in the country we ask you to consider making a modest support to this noble endeavour.

By contributing to PREMIUM TIMES, you are helping to sustain a journalism of relevance and ensuring it remains free and available to all.

Tunde Eludini

Tunde Eludini is a graduate of the Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Nigeria where he studied International Relations. He is a Senior Correspondent coordinating the sports section for PREMIUM TIMES. Twitter: @tundeyeludini

DOWNLOAD THE PREMIUM TIMES MOBILE APP

Now available on

TEXT AD: New Discovery! Click Here To See A Miracle Device That Can Cure DIABETES, BLOOD PRESSURE, STROKE, ARTHRITIS, PAINS, OBESITY And 50 Other CHRONIC DISEASES Without Drugs Or Herbs.. Click Here Now To See It

All rights reserved. This material and any other material on this platform may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, written or distributed in full or in part, without written permission from PREMIUM TIMES.