Nigeria’s Weightlifters at the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympic Games will begin chase for medals on Thursday, August 8th, 2024 when Rafiatu Lawal files out in the Women’s 59 kg weight class at the South Paris Arena inside Paris Expo Complex.
Rafiatu got the nod to represent Nigeria in Paris after she qualified having garnered the needed points in various Championships she attended and has she marked her Olympic debut she carries the aspirations and hope of other Nigerians who expect her to give a good account of herself in Paris.
Lawal a 27-year-old lifter is twice African Champion at the African Games in 2019 and 2023 in Morocco and Ghana and she’s also a Commonwealth Games champion in Birmingham 2022.
