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Team Nigeria displaying their medals at the
2015 IPC Powerlifting Asian Open
Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan… on
Thursday
Nigeria’s Bose Omolayo was the star of the 2015 IPC
Powerlifting Asian Open Championships, after she
broke the world record in the women’s 79kg event in a
dramatic fashion in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Two other Nigerian lifters, Ben Nsini (women’s 41kg)
and Precious Orji (women’s +86kg) also broke world
records as Team Nigeria, coached by Are Feyisetan,
finished the competition in second place with seven
gold and four silver medals.
China topped the medals table with eight gold, seven
silver and four bronze while Iran finished third with
three gold and four silver medals.
Feyisetan praised his athletes for a job well done.
“The lifters were wonderful. Our performance is
reflective of the athletes’ persistent hard work. They
can only get better with the right funding,” Feyisetan
said.
The 26-year-old Omolayo had to wait until the third
round before lifting an amazing 137kg, an additional 8kg
to the previous world record.
After the first attempt, eventual silver medallist Lili Xu
of China led by 1kg after a 124kg lift but Omolayo
failed to complete a 130kg lift in her second attempt.
As Xu (133kg) built pressure by completing her third
good lift, Omolayo, who made her debut in 2014,
pulled off the 137kg haul to leave Xu in second place.
Chinese Taipei’s former world record holder and world
champion Tzui-Hui Lin (120kg) grabbed the bronze.
Orji continued her impressive performance since
winning the 2014 world title, by setting a new record
of 153kg in the women’s +86kg.
The 36-year-old Orji triumphed over three rounds,
beginning with a 145kg lift. On her second attempt,
she added 1kg to her own 151kg world record, before
adding another 1kg in the final round to set a new
record.
Blessing Nwakanma (130kg) was victorious in the
women’s 86kg, following two good lifts while the trio
of Roland Ezeruike (54kg), Kehinde Paul (65kg) and
Lucy Ejike Lucy also triumphed in their categories.
Yakubu Adesokan(men’s 49kg), Esther Onyema
(women’s 55kg), Ndidi Nwosu and Nsini(41kg) won
silver medals at the event, which began on July 26 and
ended on Thursday.
The Championships featured more than 220 athletes
from 32 countries in one of the biggest Asian
Championships ever.
http://www.punchng.com/sports/nigerian-lifters-break-world-records-in-kazakhstan/

Wow

What more can I say, proudly naija, this is the kind of news we like to hear all the tym. God bless this country and all the people of Nigeria. Ameen

Good

Great men.....Great Nigeria

our jazz don dey confirm be that

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Sidiqdeboss:
Na even handicap competition we won. mtcheeeeeeeeeeew you cun full ground with story,1millionkg breaking news, make we carry world cup

Handicap or no handicap,appreciate them, at least they make themselves useful

Adeyeancah:
Handicap or no handicap,appreciate them, at least they make themselves useful

Na the way the news was broadcasted vex me jere

Sidiqdeboss:
Na even handicap competition we won. mtcheeeeeeeeeeew you cun full ground with story,1millionkg breaking news, make we carry world cup

Some of the reason I just ask myself was there ever a devil other than "humans"??

You pass a hateful comment or not, God as uplifted them, hate get you nowhere.

Celebrate people even if you don't have cause to celebrate yet bro!