2024 Paralympics: Team Nigeria get captain, flag bearer

Just few days to the Paris Paralympics 2024, Lauritta Onye has been selected as Nigeria’s flag-bearer for the opening ceremony.

Onye, 40, is making her third appearance at the Paralympic Games, having won gold in the F40 shot put at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro and bronze at the Tokyo 2020 edition.

Similarly, Folashade Olufemiayo has been named the General Captain for Team Nigeria.

Olufemiayo is a veteran athlete in the Team Nigeria contingent to Paris, having won gold at the Tokyo Paralympics and silver at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

The Nigerian Para-athletes have rounded up training in Germany and are now in Paris to compete for medals in the Games.

The 35-member Team Nigeria contingent, consisting of 23 athletes, seven coaches, and five medical personnel, arrived at the Games village in Paris on Thursday.

The Secretary General of the Paralympic Committee of Nigeria (PCN), Suleiman Isah, confirmed the team’s arrival, stating that the PCN President, Sunday Odebode, received them at the Games village.