NIGERIA'S PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE NAME 23 ATHLETES,6 COACHES SQUAD FOR RIO 2016

Nigeria's Paralympics Committee has named 23 athletes and 6 coaches for the forthcoming Rio 2016 Paralympic Games slated between 7th and 18th of September in Rio, Brazil.The Committee’s media officer, Patrick Ibeh said Nigeria would be competing in only three sports where she has comparative advantage at the Games.The games, according to him, are athletics, powerlifting and table-tennis.Ibeh revealed that six athletes made up of five females and one male would compete in athletics event, while fourteen athletes (7 males and 7 females) would participate in powerlifiting. Table-tennis has three ping ponders (2 males and 1 female).Some of the selected athletes are; Hannah Babalola, Eucharia Iyiazi, Lauritta Onye, Lovina Onyegbule, Flora Ugwunwa and Friday Aibangbe, while Patrick Aieto and Adekunle Adesoji are the two coaches. Recall,that Nigeria won six gold, five silver and two bronze medals at the last Paralympic Games in London 2012.