Esther Nworgu has won silver women’s 41kg para-powerlifting at the ongoing Paris Paralympic games.
It is Team Nigeria’s second medal of the 2024 Paralympic Games after Eniola Bolaji won bronze in para-badminton.
Nworgu set two new paralympic records en route with lifts of 112kg and 118kg in her final two attempts.
However, it was China’s Zhe Cui who won gold with a record-breaking lift of 119kg.
The competition was fierce, with both Nworgu and Cui breaking records in succession in their quest for victory, pushing one another to a total of four paralympic records in the cause of the event.
Nworgu’s initial attempt at 106kg was the second heaviest weight entered, just behind Cui’s 108kg.
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