By Akeem Lawal
Five time Paralympian, Lucy
Ejike on Monday became a world champion again after winning gold medal in the women’s
up to 61kg category on Day Three of the ongoing 2019 World Para Powerlifting
Championships in Kazakhstan’s capital Nur-Sultan.
Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com reports that
the three-time Paralympic Games gold medalist comfortably defended her world
title with a lift of 132kg, despite it being 10kg less than her global mark set
at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
World record holder Paul
Kehinde of Nigeria however bombed out after one no lift at 194kg and two
failures at 195kg. His world record stands at a much higher weight of 221kg.
Rio 2016 Olympic Games gold
medalist Roland Ezuruike won silver in the in the men’s under-54kg class Group
A after managing to lift 177kg, while Rio 2016 silver medalist, Latifat Tijani
came third with 105 kilograms (231 pounds) to put Nigeria in fourth position on
the medals table with one gold, one silver and one bronze medal.
A total of 441 athletes from
78 nations aim to win one of the 20 gold medals up for grabs.
The IPC Powerlifting World
Championships, is an event organized by the International Paralympic Committee
(IPC). Competitors with a physical disability compete, and in a few events
athletes with an intellectual disability compete. First held in 1994, the
competition is held every four years.
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