Weightlifting: Team Nigeria's Rafiatu Lawal Misses Podium At Paris Olympics

Weightlifting: Team Nigeria's Rafiatu Lawal Misses Podium At Paris Olympics

Sampson Adedeji 

Team Nigeria continued with its poor run in the ongoing Olympic Games in Paris as the only weight lifter crashed out, BSNSports.com.ng reports.

Nigeria's Folashade Rafiatu Lawal missed out on a medal in the women's 59kg Weightlifting, finishing 5th in the event with a total lift of 230kg in the: Snatch; Clean & Jerk. 

Lawal came so close to finishing on the podium, missing out from 3rd place by 5kg overall. 

The Nigerian weightlifter gave it her all, smashing her Personal Best in the Clean and Jerk by 5kg.