Topic: Nigeria gets gold medal in 2012 London Paralympics setting a new World Record  (Read 2612 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

What the full men and women cannot do, the auto complete Nigerians have done it for the country

Nigeria’s Yakubu Adesokan on Thursday evening won gold medal in the ongoing London 2012 Paralympic Games in a weightlifting category, smashing the world record in the process.

He lifted 178kg, threefold his body weight, in the men’s 48kg category to claim the ultimate prize.

Asides from breaking the world record, 33-year-old Adesokan’s feat is the first gold by an African country at the two-day-old tournament, which ends on 9th September.

 

Related Topics

  Subject / Started by Replies Last post
0 Replies
2833 Views
Last post August 11, 2012, 08:41:38 AM
by flukky01
0 Replies
3699 Views
Last post July 04, 2013, 09:51:39 PM
by olaniyi
0 Replies
1739 Views
Last post August 02, 2018, 07:02:57 AM
by clowntom
0 Replies
2725 Views
Last post August 22, 2019, 01:01:50 PM
by sahara
0 Replies
1170 Views
Last post October 06, 2020, 01:04:19 PM
by observer
0 Replies
1523 Views
Last post August 17, 2021, 07:02:53 AM
by flukky-2
0 Replies
1405 Views
Last post August 29, 2021, 07:02:16 PM
by olutee
0 Replies
1568 Views
Last post August 01, 2022, 01:09:56 AM
by flukky-1
0 Replies
1063 Views
Last post August 07, 2024, 01:02:49 PM
by PulseNG
0 Replies
1244 Views
Last post September 07, 2024, 01:01:55 PM
by flukky-2