Ukraine already wins 49 medals at Paralympics in Rio

Sep 16, 2016, 06:25
Ukraine already wins 49 medals at Paralympics in Rio

Foy, who only entered the sport of Para-Cycling just over three years ago, was joined by sighted pilot Thompson who brings extensive Paralympic Games experience after winning the trifecta of medals at London 2012.

But perhaps more significantly, the achievements of Nigeria's Paralympians have cast those of the able-bodied counterparts into the shadows.

Meanwhile China maintained her lead on the overall medals table with 41gold, 33silver and 24bronze while Britain with 24 gold is second, Ukraine is third with 19 gold and U.S. remains fourth with 13 gold. Only four days into the Games, the greatest 4,300-plus para-athletes in the world are already almost halfway to surpassing the 2012 London Paralympic total of 251 records broken.

Much of the success has been down to dominance on the powerlifting benches. Nigerian athletes have won six of their seven medals so far in powerlifting, which sees athletes within a certain weight category bench press as much as they can.

Prior to Monday's feat by Onye and Nwosu, Tunisia was leading the continent's medal haul with four gold medals but Nigeria overtook the North Africa with Onye setting a new world record in the women's shot put F40 of athletic event.

Nigeria has been more successful at the Paralympics than it has been at the Olympics.

It is the first gold Team Nigeria will win in athletics at the competition and the seventh in total. Cao Ningning won the Gold.

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