Yakubu Adesokan’s greatest elevate of 155kg was simply not sufficient to push him right into a medal place on Thursday within the males’s powerlifting -49kg on the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo.
The 42-year-old who gained the competitors’s -48kg on the London 2012 Video games with a elevate of 180kg might solely place fourth behind Parvin Mammadov of Azerbaijan.
The Information Company of Nigeria reviews that the Azerbaijani lifted 156kg to complete third and declare the bronze medal.
Omar Qarada of Jordan gained the gold medal after lifting 173kg, forward of le van Cong of Vietnam who additionally lifted 173kg however was awarded the silver medal.
