EZURUIKE WON NIGERIAS FIRST GOLD IN RIO PARALYMPICS

Team Nigeria's Rolland Ezuruike on Friday won the country's first gold of the Rio 2016 Paralympics after setting a new Games record.

The 40-year-old lifted 200kg in the men's -54kg weight class in the Powerlifting event hours after Latifat Tijani won the country's first medal at the Games – a silver in the women's -45kg weight category of the same event.

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