Team Nigeria’s Ijomah Kingsley who participated in Heat 2 at the Sea Forest Waterway Stadium has qualified for the next stage of his event in rowing.
Kingsley wasted no time registering his presence in the event in 11.50.87s, which was good enough to see him through to the next stage of the Paralympics rowing event.
Speaking with newsmen after his qualification, an elated Ijomah Kingsley said, “Participating in the Paralympics is an honour for me, for the first time I held my own in an event of this magnitude. I will give my best so I can achieve a better result in the next stage. I am looking forward to qualifying for the final on Sunday.”
Nigeria is presently placed 20th on the medals table alongside Jordan, but there are hopes he would climb higher after some Powerlifting events are concluded on Saturday.
Team Nigerian has registered its first major success at the ongoing 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games as one of the country’s powerlifters, Latifat Tijani won the gold medal in the female 45kg event.
Tijani made a top lift of 107kg to secure the top prize in the category ahead of China’s Zhe Cui who settled for silver.
The Bronze medalist was Justyna Kozdryk of Poland.
The feat by Tijani is an improvement on her previous record of 106kg at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio.
She also won the bronze medal in the women’s 45 kg event at the 2019 World Para Powerlifting Championships.
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