Truck crushes Taekwondo athlete to death in Nasarawa days after winning silver medal

Truck crushes Taekwondo athlete to death in Nasarawa days after winning silver medal

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A Taekwondo athlete, Maria Uchenna Raphael, has been killed in a motor accident in Nasarawa State.    The deceased, who won a silver medal for team Nasarawa in the just concluded Bayelsa Open Taekwondo, was crushed to death by a truck in Lafia, the state capital on Friday, August 26.    The Nasarawa State Ministry of…

Edidiong Umoafia wins Nigeria’s second 2022 Commonwealth Games medal

Edidiong Umoafia wins Nigeria’s second 2022 Commonwealth Games medal

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Nigerian Weightlifter, Edidiong Umoafia has won a bronze medal in the men’s 67kg category at the ongoing Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.   In the men’s 67kg category, Umoafia lifted a combined 290kg (Snatch, Clean, and Jerk) to get on the podium.   India’s Jeremy Lalrinnunga won the gold medal with a grand total of 300kg,…