Tokyo Olympics: Oborududu Wins Silver Medal For Nigeria In Wrestling

August 3, 2021
by
Blessing Oborududu
Blessing Oborududu

Blessing Oborududu

NIGERIA secured its first silver medal in the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics, courtesy of wrestler Blessing Oborududu.

Join our WhatsApp Channel

Long jumper Ese Brume had earlier won the first bronze for Nigeria.

In the final of the women’s freestyle 68kg wrestling today, Oborududu lost 4-1 to her opponent USA’s Tamyra Mensah-Stock.

With this feat, Oborududu becomes the first Nigerian wrestler ever to win a silver medal at the Games.

Oborududu, who is also the first-ever Nigerian to win an Olympics medal in wrestling, qualified for the final after defeating Mongolia’s Soronzonboldyn Battsetseg 7-2 in the semi-finals.

She had earlier defeated Kyrgyzstan’s Meerim Zhumanazarova 3-2 in the quarter-finals, after seeing off Azerbaijan’s Elis Manolova in the Round of 16.

+ posts
DMO
Previous Story

DMO Offers FG Saving Bonds For Subscription At N1,000 Per Unit

PENCOM
Next Story

PenCom Goes Digital On Pre-Retirement Verification Exercise

Featured Stories

Latest from News

NRC

Nigerian Railway Corporation Increases Abuja–Kaduna Trips

Nigerian Railway Corporation announced on Tuesday that it is expanding the Abuja–Kaduna Train Service to meet growing passenger demand along one of the country’s busiest rail corridors. The move comes nearly four years after a March 2022 bomb blast along the line
DMO
Previous Story

DMO Offers FG Saving Bonds For Subscription At N1,000 Per Unit

PENCOM
Next Story

PenCom Goes Digital On Pre-Retirement Verification Exercise

Don't Miss

Industry Stakeholders Applaud NCDMB For Implementation Of Nigerian Content Act 

Wabote Charges Oil firms On Diversification, Energy Transition, Commissions GIL Automation’s Factory

NCDMB Executive secretary, Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote on Thursday in

Emery Turns Down Newcastle United Coaching Offer, Vows To Remain At Villarreal 

By Izuchukwu Okosi Join our WhatsApp Channel Villarreal head coach