Nigeria’s 40-year-old Roland Ezuruike has won Nigeria’s first gold medal as he claimed the title in the men’s 54kg powerlifting at ongoing Rio 2016 Paralympics.
He lifted 200kg in the men’s 54kg to beat China’s Jian Wang and Greece’s Dimitrios Bakochristos to the top prize.
It is Nigeria’s first gold and the second medal in the games.
Earlier, Latifat Tijani won the first medal for the country by clinching silver in the women’s 45kg powerlifting event.
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