By Arinze Ude.
Nigeria won her fifth silver medal of the Olympiad when 35 year old, Lucy Ejike lifted 135kg in the women’s Power-lifting 56kg category. She was only bettered by Egyptian Fatma Omar who lifted 142kg. Ozlem Becerikli of Turkish descent took the Bronze medal.
Nigeria’s Tolu-Tope finished in 5th position in the Men’s 67.50kg category. He lifted 185kg but it wasn’t enough as Chinese Lei Liu, Iranian Roohallah Rostami and Egyptian Shaaban Ibrahim took the Gold, Silver and Bronze medals respectively.
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This article was first published on 3rd September 2012 and updated on September 25th, 2012 at 4:57 pm
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Nigeria won her fifth silver medal of the Olympiad when 35 year old, Lucy Ejike lifted 135kg in the women’s Power-lifting 56kg category. She was only bettered by Egyptian Fatma Omar who lifted 142kg. Ozlem Becerikli of Turkish descent took the Bronze medal.
Nigeria’s Tolu-Tope finished in 5th position in the Men’s 67.50kg category. He lifted 185kg but it wasn’t enough as Chinese Lei Liu, Iranian Roohallah Rostami and Egyptian Shaaban Ibrahim took the Gold, Silver and Bronze medals respectively.
Wow!! Awesome. For people with disabilities, this is just awesome. Cheers.