Latifat Tijani has won Nigeria’s first gold medal in women’s 45kg powerlifting at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympic Games.
Tijani defeated China’s Zhe Cui to lift 107kg on Thursday.
Tijani was gold medalist at the Brazzaville 2015 Africa Games and silver medalist at the Rio 2016 Paralympics, who will also be in the women’s 45kg straight gold medal contest same day.