Julius Okorie
Nigeria’s Flora Ugwunwa won a Silver medal in the Women’s Javelin F54 event at the ongoing Paralympic Games in Paris, with a throw of 19.26m to take Nigeria’s medal haul to five Saturday.
Flora’s latest medal win brings her individual Olympic medal haul to three in three consecutive Paralympic Games. Recall that the 40 year old clinched 2 gold in Rio and Tokyo respectively.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelHer remarkable achievement follows Onyinyechi Mark’s gold medal win in Para-Powerlifting, where she smashed her own World Record with a breathtaking weight lift of 147kg.
In another interesting development, Isau Ogunkunle also won a bronze medal for Nigeria in Para-Table Tennis.
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Although he lost his semifinal match against South Korea’s Young-Gun Kim, Isau’s impressive performance earned him a bronze medal, bringing Nigeria’s overall tally to five medals: 1 gold, 2 silver, and 2 bronze medals.
Earlier in the competition, Esther Nworgu secured silver in the women’s up to 41kg Para-Powerlifting event, setting two new Paralympic Records.
Nigeria’s first Paralympic medal was won by Eniola Bolaji, who made history by becoming the first African to win a medal in Badminton at the Olympic or Paralympic Games, defeating her Ukrainian opponent in straight sets.
The Nigerian Paralympic team’s medal-winning performance has been inspiring especially after failures in the Olympic Games and the recent World U-20 Athletics Championships in Lima.
Julius Okorie is Chief Sports and Entertainment Correspondent for Prime Business Africa. He began his journalism career with the Champion Newspaper and Sporting Champion and later moved on to Daily Independent and the Nation Newspapers. Okorie joined Prime Business Africa in 2024 bringing on board 20 years of experience in writing investigative news on Sports and Entertainment. His well researched and highly informative articles on Sports Business and general entertainment are followed by a wide range of audience.
