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Oburududu, Odunayo Qualify For Commonwealth Games Wrestling Final

Nigeria’s duo of Blessing Oborududu and Odunayo Adekuoroye on Friday qualified for the final of the wrestling events of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

The finals of the wrestling contests will hold on Saturday evening.

In the 57kg category, Odunayo Adekuoroye defeated Ugandan wrestler Veronica Ayo and then exerted same to Kenya’s Sophia Ayieta 10-0 before booking a place in the final courtesy of the 10-0 win over Hannah Taylor of Canada.

For Blessing Oburududu in the 68kg category, she got past Divya Kakran of India and rounded off her day’s victories with another commanding 10-0 win versus Tonga’s Tiger Cocker Lemale.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.