Paris 2024 Paralympics - Badminton - Women's Singles SL3 - Bronze Medal Match - Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France - September 2, 2024 Mariam Eniola Bolaji of Nigeria celebrates after winning her match against Oksana Kozyna of Ukraine for the bronze medal. REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini
PARIS (Reuters) - Mariam Eniola Bolaji of Nigeria became the first African athlete to win a badminton medal at a Games - Olympics or Paralympics -when she clinched bronze in the women's singles SL3 at the Paris Paralympics on Monday.
The 18-year-old beat Ukraine's Oksana Kozyna 21-9 21-9 to secure a podium finish three years after her coach, Bello Oyebanji, died in a road accident as she was preparing for the Tokyo Paralympics.
It is also Nigeria's first medal at the Paris Paralympics.
(Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Christian Radnedge)
