Nigeria’s Oluwafemiayo breaks world record, wins gold at Paralympics
Team Nigeria’s captain, Folashade Oluwafemiayo, has set a new world record in the women’s over 86kg para-powerlifting category, becoming the first para-athlete in history to lift 166kg.
Deng Xuemei of China took silver, while Egypt’s Nadia Ali claimed bronze.
Oluwafemiayo’s remarkable achievement brings Nigeria’s total medal count at the Paralympics to seven. She surpassed her previous world record of 165kg, adding a gold medal to her historic lift.
As Team Nigeria’s captain for Paris 2024, Oluwafemiayo had earlier won gold at the Tokyo 2020 Games and silver at the London 2012 Games.
She missed the Rio 2016 Games due to pregnancy but made a triumphant return five years later, clinching gold at Tokyo 2020.
