Issoufou Alfaga Abdoulrazak Wins Niger’s First Olympic Medal in 44 Years

Niger’s Issoufou Alfaga Abdoulrazak won his country’s second Olympic medal on Saturday as he clinched silver in the men’s over-80 kilogram taekwondo competition, boosting the number of medals won by African fighters at Rio to five in a sport typically dominated by Asian countries.

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“I want to win for Africa,” said Abdoulrazak, whose medal is only the second for Niger after a 1972 boxing bronze.

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