Team Nigeria Finishes with an Impressive 13 Medals as the London 2012 Paralympic Games Ends!
Posted on Sunday, September 9th, 2012 at 6:59 PMBy Adeola Adeyemo
Team Nigeria has recorded its biggest success in the world Paralympic Games this year in London.
29 athletes featuring in four sports have brought glory to Nigeria after an impressive outing at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. The athletes dominated in powerlifting in which it won 12 of its medals – 6 gold, 5 silver and 1 bronze. Iyiazi Eucheria picked Team Nigeria’s final medal, a bronze, in the Women’s Shot Put yesterday.
Team Nigeria athletes also set four world records through Yakubu Adesokan, Esther Oyema, Joy Onaolapo and Folashade Oluwafemiayo.
On the final medals table, the People’s Republic of China topped the list with 231 medals. Great Britain followed closely with 120 medals and Russia with 102 medals.
After 11 days of action, the closing ceremony of London 2012 Paralympic Games will hold tonight. The event tagged “Festival of Flames” would highlight the achievements of athletes as well as the handover from London to Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Paralympic Games.
The ceremony will star Grammy and British award-winning band Coldplay and a cast of almost 2,000 in the Olympic Stadium. Surprise guests may include Rhianna and Jay-Z.
Well done Team Nigeria! Well done!
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Tags: London 2012 Paralympic Games, Team Nigeria
So happy for them, they did excellently , i don’t know what happened to our athletes in the olympics and why they didn’t win any medals, but congrats to these awesome people!
I’m proud of them all. Well done…
Impressive!
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Congrats to the team
@least,partially able-bodied nijas performed!since d ones wif complete body bono fit……pshewwww
Congratulations to them. They did what the ‘abled’ team of athletes could not do at the olympics.
“China topped the list with 231 medals. Great Britain followed closely with 120 medals” emm that was not close at all.
HAHAHA….had the same thoughts…lol
Exactly what I was thinking – lol
Well done my people. Proud of you
CONGRATS
Thumbs up, Felas!
WOW, Congrats
Impressive. Four world records too!
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Congrats jare !!! We are so so proud of you all> God bless
231 medals for china? Welcome to the next super power nation. Congrats to the Nigerian team, proud of you.
Very Impressive.
wELL DONE TEAM… WELL DONE.. XXX
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Am very impressed…
Not even one of the sport officials could go and welcome them when they returned….
9ja…….#smh
Thank you team…..well done.
God bless Nigeria! Great people, great effort
well done guys, Well done