Nigeria at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
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Nigeria at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
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Nigeria competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. Nigeria's delegation of 23 sportspeople was mostly composed of powerlifters, with the country sending 14 lifters to Rio. Ahead of the Rio Games, the National Sports Commission promised Paralympic medals to erase the country's Olympic shame. Nigeria had issues with qualifying a bigger team for Rio because of a lack of funding available to its elite sportspeople. This was particularly
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Sporting event delegation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics
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2015-12-25T23:02:12Z
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2024-09-10T03:09:51Z
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