The video of a Nigerian athlete Aminat Idrees who bagged a gold medal in Taekwondo while eight months pregnant during her country’s National Sports Festival is going viral. The video on Twitter showing her demonstrating different techniques.
“An inspiring outing by heavily pregnant Aminat Idrees who won a gold medal for Lagos at the ongoing National Sports Festival in Benin, Edo State. Aminat Idrees who is 8 months pregnant won gold in the Mixed Poomsae category in Taekwondo,” reads the caption shared along with the video.
“It’s such a privilege for me. I just decided to give it a try after training a couple of times… It feels really good,” Idrees told CNN. “Before I got pregnant, I have always enjoyed training, so it didn’t seem different with pregnancy,” she added.
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