Nigeria’s Blessing Oborodudu will not get her hands on a medal in the Paris 2024 Olympics after suffering a shocking defeat in the bronze medal bout to world number 25, Japan’s Nonoka Ozaki, at the Champ-de-Mars Arena on Tuesday. The 35-year-old, who won a silver medal at the Tokyo 2020 Games and is ranked 6th in the world, lost 3-0 (victory on points) to the Japanese...
Nigerian wrestler Blessing Oborududu's quest for a first-ever Olympic gold medal came to an end on Monday night after she lost her semifinal bout to Kyrgyzstan’s Meerim Zhumanazarova in the women's freestyle 68 kg wrestling category at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Oborududu, who earlier in the day saw off Canada’s Linda Morais and France’s Koumba Larouque, respectively, before booking a semifinal berth, lost 3-1 on points...
Blessing Oborududu's hunt for an Olympic gold medal continues after the Nigerian progessed into the semifinals of the women's 68kg wrestling category by defeating home favourite, France's Koumba Larouque, in the quarterfinals on Monday. Oborududu, who made her Olympics debut in 2016 in Rio, had to dig deep to secure a comeback win over Larouque, whom she defeated 6-2 by points. The Nigerian, down 1-2 in...
Nigerian wrestlers enjoyed a stellar day on Sunday at the ongoing African Games in Accra, Ghana, as all six female wrestlers won a gold medal each of their respective weight classes. Mercy Genesis got the first gold medal for Nigeria in the women's wrestling, defeating Egypt’s Nada Mohamed 7-0 to be crowned champion in the women’s 50kg freestyle event. She became the first woman to win...
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