Nigeria’s Flora Ugwunwa has secured a Silver medal in the Women’s Javelin F54 with a throw of 19.26m, finishing 2nd at the ongoing Paralympic Games in Paris.
She placed behind Uzbekistan’s Nurkhon Kurbanova, who claimed the GOLD medal with a throw of 21.12m, setting a new World Record (WR) in the process, also breaking the Paralympic Record set by Ugwunwa in 2016. Meanwhile, Iran’s Elham Salehi took the Bronze, recording a distance of 16.24m.
This achievement marks Nigeria’s first medal in Para-Athletics at these Games and brings the country’s overall tally to four medals.
At 40 years old, Ugwunwa continues to shine, having now won three consecutive Paralympic medals – two GOLDs (Rio, Tokyo) and now Silver (Paris).
