#Rio2016Paralympics: Flora Ugwunwa and Bose Omolayo Both Set World Records to Win Gold
Flora Ugwunwa set a new world record in the women’s javelin – F54 event on Tuesday at the Rio Paralympics to give Nigeria its seventh gold medal.
She recorded a throw of 20.25 metres after six attempts to win the gold medal and take Nigeria’s tally to seven gold, two silver and one bronze medals.
On a day when Nigeria’s medals search was looking to be futile after some failure in the favourite hunting ground of power-lifting, the athletics event provided succour.
Ugwunwa beat a field of nine to set new Paralympic and world records, while Tunisia’s Hania Aidi won the silver medal with a throw of 18.88m.
South Africa’s Ntombizanele Situ completed the African sweep of the event’s medals by winning the bronze medal with a heave of 17.90m.
Earlier in the day, Nigeria had been so close but still far from winning any medal on the day after some unsuccessful outings.
In power-lifting men’s -88kg, Opeyemi Jegede could only place fifth, while Abdulazeez Ibrahim placed sixth in power-lifting men’s -97 kg.
Also, Nigeria’s Bose Omolayo won gold in the women’s -79kg Powerlifting event after lifting 138kg to set a new Paralympic Games and World Records, increasing the country’s medals to 9.
This takes Nigeria’s haul to six gold two silver and one bronze medals.
China’s Xu Lili won the event’s silver medal, while Taipei’s Lin Tzu-Hui won the bronze medal.
The Games will come to an end on 18th of September.
