Eight months pregnant athlete wins Taekwondo Gold medal

Meet Aminat Idrees, the Taekwondo Champion [photo courtesy]

A heavily pregnant athlete on April 5th won a gold medal in taekwondo at Nigeria’s National Sports Festival.

The official Twitter handle of the National Sports Festival tweeted a video of Aminat Idrees competing in a non-combat Poomsae event in Benin in southern Nigeria.

According to the organizers, the 26-year-old, who is eight months pregnant, was in action alongside her partner Arowora Roqeeb.

 “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,” read the caption of the video.

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 pic.twitter.com/rr4fxJCfMs — National Sports Festival 2020 (@nsf_edo) April 5, 2021

Medical professionals are said to have given Idrees the green light to showcase her abilities

....alongside her male counterpart, Arowora Roqeeb.

This is Team Lagos’ first gold at Edo 2020.

She also won Silver in the female team Poomsae category and an individual bronze in the same category making her one of the leading medalists at the festival. pic.twitter.com/j3EiAXSIlF — National Sports Festival 2020 (@nsf_edo) April 5, 2021

The video has since gone viral with netizens applauding the woman for her talent.