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Tokyo Olympics: Oborududu Wins Silver Medal For Nigeria In Wrestling

August 3, 2021
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Blessing Oborududu
Blessing Oborududu

Blessing Oborududu

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

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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.

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