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Nigeria earned seven medals at the recently concluded 2023 World Para Powerlifting World Championships in Dubai.
Nigeria earned seven medals at the recently concluded 2023 World Para Powerlifting World Championships in Dubai.
Nigeria earned two gold medals from Kafilat Almaruf (71kg) and Onyinyechi Mark (57kg), two silver medals from Bose Omolayo (73kg) and Esther Nworgu (41kg), and three bronze medals from Roland Ezuruike (54kg), Folashade Oluwafemiayo (79kg), and Thomas Kure (65kg).
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17:17 - 20.06.2023
Wheelchair basketball championship is crucial for the players
The National Championship, which will take place in Ogun State capital, Abeokuta Sports Stadium, from June 22 through June 25, 2023, will also be used to choose competitors for the African Para Games in Ghana this year.
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14:15 - 04.06.2023
Nigeria Wheelchair Softball calls for more support for Para Sports
The National Institute of Sports lecturer disclosed this during an international wheelchair Softball friendly game between Nigeria and Ghana at the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.
Kafila Almaruf brought the first gold for Nigeria in the championships with a powerful show that also saw her breaking a long-standing world records.
Almaruf won her maiden World Championships championship, lifting 151 kg to shatter France's Souhad Ghazouani's record of 150 kg set in 2013. Ghazouni won bronze, weighing 131 kg.
Meanwhile, Mark, who won bronze at the Tbilisi 2021 Worlds, appeared to be in better shape than ever as she broke her own world record set at the Cairo 2022 African Open Championships at 143 kg not once, but twice, at the Hilton Dubai Al Habtoor City.
Nigeria’s Paralympic, world and Commonwealth Games champion Folashade Oluwafemiayo faltered in her final lift; a world record attempt of 156 kg to settle for 152 kg and bronze medal.
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21:20 - 24.05.2023
Nigeria's Patience Igbiti receives a Paralympic Award as Shaibu rejoices
The Paralympic Committee (IPC) presented Patience Igbiti with the 2023 International Women's Day Award alongside Vladyslava Kravchenko from Malta (Emerging Leadership), the Malawi National Paralympic Committee (National Paralympic Committee), and World Para Ice Hockey (International Federation) for their outstanding stands and causes.
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06:35 - 04.04.2023
Nigeria Para Volleyball commences preparation for World Cup
The team is preparing for the African Games and the World Para volleyball Cup.
I am ready for the challenge ahead - Mark
Focused and determined, the 22-year-old, said she is ready for the challenge ahead after becoming World champion.
The reigning African champion added that she wants to train more to win gold at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
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She said, “I am super excited and happy to get my first World Championships gold, I prepared a lot, trained a lot because I know good work pays off and made sure today, I am here. I am grateful to God and my coach who always supported and motivated me that I can do it.
“I want to train more. The world is looking on me now after this Worlds medal so, I will be training hard and by the grace of God, I want to win the gold at Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.”
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