Nigeria has now won 2 golds and silver at the on going London Paralympics..Female weight lifter, Ivory Nwokorie, has won Nigeria’s
second gold medal at the on-going Paralympic games in London.
Nwokorie who competed in the women’s 44kg power
lifting category beat Cigdem Dede from Turkey, who won the silver medal, while
Lidiia Soloviova of Ukraine claimed the bronze medal.
Last year, Nwokorie won bronze in the same category at
the third Fazaa International Para-powerlifting Championship in Dubai, to
qualify for the London games.
Yakubu Adesokan on Thursday won Nigeria's first gold.