Paralympics: Second Gold for Nigeria

Ivory Nwokorie has won Team Nigeria’s second gold medal in the women’s 44kg powerlifting event of the London 2012 Paralympic Games.Nwokorie, who won a bronze medal in the Para-powerlifting championship held in Dubai recently,
 lifted a combined weight of 109kg to finish ahead of Cigdem Dede of Turkey (silver) and Lidia Soloviova of Ukraine (bronze),who lifted 105kg and 100kg respectively.
The Nigerian contingent now has two gold medals, as Yakubu Adesokan opened the stage with a gold medal in the men’s 48kg powerlifting event on Thursday,
 while Russia’s Vladimir Balynetc and Taha Abdelmagid of Egypt won the silver and bronze medals respectively.