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Olympics: Oborududu Wins Silver Medal In Women’s Wrestling
- …she emerged as Nigeria’s first ever Olympics medalist in wrestling
Nigeria’s Blessing Oborududu on Tuesday won a silver medal in the women’s freestyle 68kg wrestling category at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
She had guaranteed Nigeria a medal on Monday after beating Mongolia’s Battsetseg Soronzonbold to reach the final.
Although she lost the final to USA’s Stock Mensah Tamyra Marianna 4-1, the 32-year-old can be proud of her achievement after earning Nigeria’s second medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
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Earlier in the day, Ese Brume had made the country proud by winning bronze in long jump.
Oborududu, who began wrestling at St Jude’s Girls Secondary School in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, had been eyeing the gold medal.
But Mensah proved too strong.
Nevertheless, she emerged as Nigeria’s first ever Olympics medalist in wrestling.
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