{"id":20369,"date":"2024-09-08T10:35:19","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T10:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/?p=20369"},"modified":"2024-09-08T10:36:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T10:36:00","slug":"benson-nworgu-ogechika-esther-wins-silver-for-nigeria-at-2024-paralympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/2024\/09\/08\/benson-nworgu-ogechika-esther-wins-silver-for-nigeria-at-2024-paralympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Benson Nworgu Ogechika Esther Wins Silver for Nigeria at 2024 Paralympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nigerian athletes are making their mark on the global stage at the 2024 Paralympic Games in France. Benson Nworgu Ogechika Esther has added to Nigeria\u2019s medal tally by winning a Silver medal in the Women&#8217;s Up to 41kg Para-Powerlifting event.<\/p>\n<p>Esther delivered an outstanding performance, setting two new Paralympic Records with lifts of 112kg and 118kg. Her achievement placed her just behind China&#8217;s Zhe Cui, who secured the Gold by lifting 119kg.<\/p>\n<p>Overwhelmed with emotion, Esther was moved to tears as she celebrated her first Paralympic medal, a Silver, in the women\u2019s 41kg powerlifting category.<\/p>\n<p>Hailing from Abia State, Esther&#8217;s achievement is a testament to the determination and strength of Nigerian athletes. Her success has brought pride to the nation and further highlighted Nigeria&#8217;s presence on the global Paralympic medal map.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Benson Nworgu Ogechika Esther on this remarkable achievement!<\/p>\n<p>*#Paralympics #ParaPowerlifting #TeamNigeria*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Nigerian athletes are making their mark on the global stage at the 2024 Paralympic Games in France. Benson Nworgu Ogechika Esther has added to Nigeria\u2019s medal tally by winning a Silver medal in the Women&#8217;s Up to 41kg Para-Powerlifting event. Esther delivered an outstanding performance, setting two new Paralympic Records with lifts of 112kg [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[302,76,68,343,300,307],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","category-government","category-health","category-international","category-society","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}