Team Nigeria’s Latifat Tijani has won the country’s first gold medal at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
Latifat who was earlier fouled in her first lift, put up an impressive momentum to clinch Gold Medal.
The Ogun state born athlete, came back strong with burning enthusiasm to write her name in gold with her second Sappho attempt of 105kg and her third attempt was 107kg but she did that in a style with 117kg in her fourth attempt getting close to world record of 118kg to lift the first medal for team Nigeria in Tokyo.
With this gold medal, this is Nigeria’s 71st medal in Paralympics.
She defeated China’s Zhe Cui to lift 107kg.
In Rio 2016, she won Silver but has now upgraded to gold.
She began powerlifting in 2004 in Ogun State, Nigeria, and made her international debut for Nigeria in 2015.
In 2019, she received a Sporting Achievement award from the Ogun State Para Powerlifting Association in Nigeria.