️ Para Powerlifting Highlights _ Day 7 _ Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

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00:00This year's Paralympics mark 40 years since para powerlifting was introduced

00:05to the Games medal program in New York, USA and it's been ever-present since.

00:10World record holder Levan Kong came in as the current world champion but the

00:15best he could manage was bronze with 171 kilograms on his first attempt.

00:20Abdullah Kayapinar's effort of 180 kilograms put the pressure on reigning

00:24champion Omar Karada of Jordan. The 43-year-old Jordanian was unfazed and

00:30lifting 181 kilograms won him the first para powerlifting gold of the Games.

00:35In the women's up to 41 kilogram final, three-time silver medalist China's

00:41Kui Tse went one better winning gold with a sensational 119 kilogram lift, a

00:47new Paralympic record. Esther Nagu secured Nigeria's second medal of the

00:53Games with her own impressive performance.

00:59In the women's up to 45 kilograms, a new world record was set as China's Guanling

01:04Ling stormed ahead of the field. Her first attempt was already enough for

01:08gold but she wasn't finished there. The dominant force in the men's up to 54

01:13kilograms since his first world title in 2021, Kazakh David Degtyarov was aiming

01:20to defend his Paralympic gold in Paris to maintain his 100% Games record.