Nigeria breaks record at Rio Paralympics, wins 8th gold medal

Nigerian athlete, Josephine Orji, has just shattered the World Record with a lift of 160kg to win the gold medal in the Women’s -84kg Power-lifting event at the ongoing Paralympics Games in Rio, Brazil.

The latest gold medal is Nigeria’s 8^th at the event.

Nigeria now has 11 medals and is 10^th on the overall medals table.

We've saved the best until last! Watch this HUGE 310kg lift by Siamand Rahman #RioRecords #Powerlifting #Paralympics https://t.co/nMZDcT07a1

— IPC Powerlifting (@IPCPowerlifting) September 14, 2016