Weightlifting; Sara Ahmed wins Egypt’s first Rio 2016 Olympic

Weightlifter Sara Ahmed finished in third place in the 69kg finals to win Egypt’s first medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Olympics Qualifier; Nigeria female lifters win 20 medals in Cameroon

Nigeria female weightlifters won eleven (11) Gold, Seven (7) Silver and Two (2) Bronze medals at the African Senior Weightlifting Championships, held in Yaoundé (Cameroon) from May 7 to 14, qualifying to the Olympic Games in Rio 2016.

Olympics Qualifier; Nigeria Female Weightlifters leave for Cameroon

The Nigeria Weightlifting Federation (NWF) will today (Friday) depart the country with seven female weightlifters ahead of the continental Olympics qualifier in Yaoundé.

Olympics Qualifier; Igali furious at Turkish embassy over denial of visa to wrestler

 

President, Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF), Daniel Igali has expressed dissatisfaction over the denial of visa to Blessing Onyebuchi (75Kg) to attend the final Olympic qualifiers in Istanbul, Turkey.

Olympics Qualifier; Why Nigeria male lifters will not be in Cameroon

Eight (8) Nigeria male lifters will not participate at the qualifiers in Cameroon after the weightlifting federation failed to secure funds.

Olympics Qualifier; 7 female weightlifters resumes Camp

Ahead of the Africa weightlifting qualifier scheduled for Cameroon, the Nigeria Weightlifting Federation has named seven (7) female lifters who will represent the nation.

Weightlifting; Tanimowo sets new record at AAU Championship

Team Nigeria weightlifter, Rasaq Tanimowo (56Kg) at the weekend won a gold medal at the 2016 AAU Championship held in US.

2016 AAU Championship; Pray for me, Tanimowo tells Nigerians

Tanimowo Rasaq will on Saturday begin his quest for a successful outing at the 2016 Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Championship.

Nigeria weightlifter sponsor’s self to AAU Championship

Nigeria’s Rasaq Tanimowo will participate at the 2016 AAU North American Power lifting, Bench, Deadlift, Push/Pull and Strict Curl Championship.