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Ogu ecstatic as Chinasa-Duru wins Para-Athletics Championsh­ip

- By Orkula Shaagee

@shagcy The newly elected President of the Para-Athletics Federation of Nigeria, Dr. Geoffrey Ogu has described the performanc­e of Nigeria’s Goodness ChinasaDur­u at the 2018 Para-Athletics Championsh­ip in Dubai as phenomenal.

Chinasa-Duru won gold and emerged the world champion in the shot-put, in the classifica­tion F44, 45, 46 and 64 events.

She threw a distance metres, to clinch gold Championsh­ip in Dubai.

Reacting to the feat, Dr. Ogu congratula­ted the athlete and her coach for doing the Para-Athletics Federation and the country proud, adding, “I’m quite excited by her performanc­e. By the kind of result she posted, she has become the best athlete not only in Nigeria but Africa.

“And I equally believe of at 9.63 the that her performanc­e will spur paraathlet­es at the forthcomin­g Commonweal­th Games.”

He further expressed appreciati­on to the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports for the sponsorshi­p and support extended to the championat­hlete and her coach.

The para-athletics leader noted that the global feat posted by Goodness Duru represents a significan­t and symbolic “Flagship” for his Federation which would surely provide the desired tonic for Duru and others athletes who would be participat­ing in the forth-coming Commonweal­th Games in Gold Coast, Australia.

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Goodness Chinasa-Duru

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