Nigeria’s Ugwunwa wins silver in Javelin at 2024 Paralympic
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Nigeria’s Flora Ugwunwa has won a silver medal in the women’s Javelin F54 event at the ongoing Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
Ugwunwa finished second in the competition with a throw of 19.26m, coming in behind Uzbekistan’s Nurkhon Kurbanova, who set a new world record with a throw of 21.12m.
This achievement marks Nigeria’s first medal in the women’s javelin category at the current Paralympic Games, bringing the country’s total medal count at the event to four.
Ugwunwa, now 40, has been a consistent force in Paralympic athletics, having previously won two gold medals in Rio (2016) and Tokyo (2020).
Her silver medal in Paris extends her remarkable streak of success at the international level.
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The bronze medal in the event was claimed by Elham Salehi of Iran, who threw a distance of 16.24m.
Ugwunwa joins other Nigerian athletes, including Onyinyechi Mark, Eniola Bolaji, and Esther Nworgu, who have all secured medals for Team Nigeria at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
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