Nigeria Set To For First Olympic Medal As Blessing Oborududu Moves To Finals (Photos)

Nigeria Set To For First Olympic Medal As Blessing Oborududu Moves To Finals (Photos)

by Victor Ndubuisi
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Blessing Oborududu has beaten Mongolian opponent in the Women’s freestyle 68kg Wrestling event, a win which will end Nigeria’s medal-less participation in Japan.

Oborududu defeated Battsetseg Soronzonbold 7-2 Victory by Points (VPO1) scored by the opponent to see her through to the final against Tamyra Marianna Stock-Mensah on Tuesday August 3 at the Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat B.

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The ten-time African champion had in the early hour of today battled Manolova Elis of Azerbaijan, where she flawlessly won 13-2 without any point scored by the opponent (Victory by Technical Superiority – VSU1) to advance to the quarter finals.

She proceeded to beat Kazakhstan’s Zhumanazarova Meerim 3-2 (VPO1) to reach the semi- finals where she defeated Mongolia’s Soronzonbold at the Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat B.:

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