A Nigerian female weightlifter, Alice Oluwafemiayo on Sunday, December 2nd has broken the women’s +86kg world record at the World Para Power-lifting Championships in Mexico.
Report gathered reveals that Oluwafemiayo cleared the bar at 140kg before lifting 145kg in her fourth attempt to break the world record of 144kg fellow Nigerian Loveline Obiji had set back in 2014.
Nigerian female weightlifter, Alice Oluwafemiayo breaks 86kg record in Mexico -dailyfamily.ng
Recounting how the victory happened, Oluwafemiayo said.
“I feel very happy, it was not something I was expecting,”
Nigeria’s newest world champion.
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Feifei Zheng (130kg) from China clinched silver at her first major international competition, while Egypt´s 2010 world champion Geehan Hassan (125kg) completed the podium.
According to a punch’s report, the country’s national coach, Feyisetan Are, also noted that the lifters would win more medals at the competition.
“I believe that Nigeria is the best in powerlifting in the world. The first event of the competition and we have a world record already broken. Nigerians should expect more from the lifters in Mexico because they are capable of doing so.”
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