Nigeria increased her medal haul at the ongoing Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan with a gold and a silver in Powerlifting on Monday.

Oluwafemiayo Folashade won Team Nigeria’s third gold medal of the Games with a world record performance, lifting 152kg to underline her complete dominance of the event. It was silver for Obiji Loveline who lifted 147kg in the +86kg category.

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This is Team Nigeria’s first silver medal of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

Team Nigeria now has three gold, one silver, and two bronze medals after eight days of competition.

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