Tokyo Olympics: Nigeria’s Oborududu wins silver in women wrestling

Team Nigeria’s Blessing Oborududu has won a silver medal in the women’s freestyle 68kg wrestling category.

Oborududu, had on Monday guaranteed Nigeria a medal  after beating Mongolia’s Battsetseg Soronzonbold to reach the final.

Although, she lost the final on Tuesday 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 games.

Also, earlier in the day, Ese Brume had made the country proud by winning bronze in long jump.

The history maker, Oborududu, began wrestling at St Jude’s Girls Secondary School in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. She had been aiming to clinch gold in Tokyo.

But Mensah proved too strong.

But, she emerged as Nigeria’s first ever Olympics medalist in wrestling.