Nigeria Starts Powerlifting World Cup With Three Gold Medals

    Nigeria Starts Powerlifting World Cup With Three Gold Medals By Admin Nigeria’s prowess in global powerlifting was on display on Thursday in the UK as the country’s representatives got off to a flying start on Day 1 of the Powerlifting World Cup taking place in Manchester. Nigeria started off with three gold medals on Day 1, in the 4-day world cup event. https://twitter.com/Powerlifting/status/1375052878608482309?s=19 Nsini Jonah Ben snatched gold in the women’s up to 41kg in the first event at the four-day tournament that will conclude on March 28. Nsini equalled the African record that was set by her compatriot, Esther Nworgu, at the 2020 Para Powerlifting World Cup in Abuja. https://twitter.com/GBWeightLifting/status/1375057003157000196?s=19 Latifat Tijani, a silver medalist at the Rio 2016 Paralympics, got Nigeria another gold medal when she won the women’s up to 45kg class. Paralympic champion Yakubu Adesokan won the third gold medal of the day for Nigeria after finishing tops in the men’s up to 49kg category. https://twitter.com/Powerlifting/status/1375137797623967758?s=19   Meanwhile, Onyinyechi Mark also won a silver medal in the women’s up to 55kg class. After more than a year of inactivity due to the pandemic, Nigerian powerlifters are now back to what they know how to do best. Thirteen of them are in Manchester and are part of the 125 athletes from 22 countries competing at the four-day event.   -PremiumTimes