2024 Paralympics: Ugwunwa Wins Javelins Silver To Give Team Nigeria Fifth Medal

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Team Nigeria on Saturday in Paris at the 2024 Paralympic Games added a silver medal to its haul, after Flora Ugwunwa won in the womens javelin throw event.

Ugwunwa, who competed in the womens F54 category of the athletics event, achieved a throw of 19.26 metres to finish second in the competition.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this winning throw was her second in the competitions final, with her first being 18.00m.

Her third was 18.24m, with the fourth, fifth and sixth being 18.68m, 18.40m and 17.50m respectively.

Uzbekistans Nurkhon Kurbanova won the events gold medal with a world record-setting throw of 21.12m as her best in the mandatory six throws.