Rio Paralympics: Orji breaks new records to win Nigeria’s 8th gold medal

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A banner with the Olympic logo for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games seen at the Olympic Tennis Centre of the Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 11, 2015. AFP PHOTO / YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP / YASUYOSHI CHIBA (Photo credit should read YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images)

Josephine Orji won a gold medal in women power-lifting’s +86 kg category for Nigeria’s 8th gold medal at the Rio Paralympics Games on Wednesday.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Orji’s victory gave Nigeria its 11th medal at the Games, where it is taking part in three sports only.

The 37-year-old Nigerian lifted 154kg to win her medal, while she lifted 160kg to set new world and Games records in the event.

Marzena Zieba of Poland won the silver medal with a lift of 134kg, while Melaica Tuinfort of The Netherlands won the bronze medal by lifting 130kg.

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