Paris 2024 champion claims women’s up to 67kg gold at the African Open Championships, with Nigeria finishing atop the medals table ahead of Egypt and Iran at the third regional stop of the 2026 World Para Powerlifting season in Algeria

Iran’s Aliakbar Gharibshahi and Nigeria's Folashad Oluwafemiayo improve their own record to win world titles; two-time Paralympic champion Abdelkareem Khattab clinch his third world title at the Cairo 2025 World Para Powerlifting Championships

Brazilian Tayana Medeiros snatches women's up to 86kg gold from China Zheng Feifei in last seconds with a Games record; Nigeria's Folashade Oluwafemiayo clinches women's over 86kg gold with world record show, while Iranians Aliakbar Gharibshahi and Ahmad Aminzadeh win men's up to 107 and over 107kg finals on the final day at La Chapelle Arena

Chinese star breaks her own world record en route to another gold in UAE leading the way to her country's 13 triumphs out of 20 medal events; a total of 200 powerlifters from 32 nations were in action in the first World Cup of the season