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Nigeria Wins 4 Gold Medals, 3 Silver, 4 Bronze At African Wrestling Championship by Govtomz: 10:29am On May 23, 2022 |
Team Nigeria capped an impressive outing at the 2022 African Wrestling Championships in El Jadida, Morocco, claiming a silver and two bronze medals in the Freestyle (FS) events on the final day of the tournament. It means all 11 wrestlers paraded by the country at the Championships each won a medal. Wrestling in the 57kg FS, Commonwealth silver-medallist Ebikewenimo Welson won silver, while African champions Ogbonna John (74kg) and Ekerekeme Agiomor (86kg) both settled for bronze medals. After securing quarter and semi-final wins against Congo DR’s Rabby Kilandi (12-1 via fall) and Diamantino Iuna Fafe of Guinea-Bissau (2-1), Welson lost 5-0 to Gamal Mohamed of Egypt in the final. On his part, John, who had won four straight African titles hitherto failed to make it five in a row, after he was stopped in the semi-finals by Egyptian Amr Hussen via a fall victory. He however won bronze by overcoming Brian Oloo of Kenya 10-0 via superiority in the 74kg class. Similarly, Tokyo 2020 Olympian Agiomor (86kg) also claimed bronze after beating Tunisian Sabri Mnasria 9-0. After receiving a bye in the qualification round, the 2018 African champion defeated Guma Bashir of Sudan 10-0 via pinfall in the quarter-finals before narrowly going down 3-2 to Egyptian Mahmoud Badawi in the last 4. On the penultimate day of the competition, Team Nigeria claimed 4 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals in the Women Wrestling events. Nigeria’s performance at the 2022 African Championships: Women Wrestling Mercy Adekuoroye (53kg) – Gold Jumoke Adekoye (55kg) – Gold Odunayo Adekuoroye (59kg) – Gold Blessing Oborududu (68kg) – Gold Patience Opuene (62kg) – Silver Hannah Reuben (76kg) – Silver Sunmisola Balogun (65kg) – Bronze Ebi Biogos (72kg) – Bronze Freestyle Ebikwenimo Welson (57kg) – Silver Ogbonna John (74kg) – Bronze Ekerekeme Agiomor (86kg) – bronze
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Re: Nigeria Wins 4 Gold Medals, 3 Silver, 4 Bronze At African Wrestling Championship by hatakekakashi: 11:03am On May 23, 2022 |
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Re: Nigeria Wins 4 Gold Medals, 3 Silver, 4 Bronze At African Wrestling Championship by paulolee(m): 11:04am On May 23, 2022 |
congrats to them...I hope this wrestling competition isnt the same as the comedy skit I do see in WWE? I jus de wonder how people take dey enjoy or follow up acting stuff called wrestling this days... gone are those days of hulk hogan dt wrestling was so real to d extent dt i do fight when arguing dt its real n not acting |
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