Friday, 10 March 2017

2nd Dickson Wrestling Championship: Bibo shocks Onyemelusi in Greco-Roman

By Akeem Lawal
The Greco-Roman category took a twist as Africa Bronze medalist, Melvin Bibo (Bayelsa) defeated former National Champion, Abraham Onyemelusi by 8-2 points in the 80kg category at the ongoing 2nd Governor Seriake Dickson Wrestling Championship at the Indoor Hall of the Samson Siasia Sports complex, Yenegoa, Bayelsa State on Friday.


NationSport reports that Bibo who is an All Africa Games gold medalist picked up a crucial 4 points in the first round and later went on to pick another 4 points capitalizing on the errors of Onyemelusi, the Nigeria Police wrestler.

Onyemelusi almost turned the table around in the closing minutes of the second round but the flexible Bayelsa wrestler wiggled his way out of trouble.

After the final bout, the All Africa bronze medalist, Onyemelusi was filled with disappointment and shock as Bibo was hailed by the Bayelsan spectators.

Elsewhere, Nigeria Army Wrestler, Tochukwu Okeke narrowly defeated Lucky Opiah in a keenly contested fight by 4-2 points in the 80kg.

Other in the 80kg category are; Omega Bassey (Akwa Ibom), Matthias Okuma (Edo), David Philip (Bomadi Club) and Victor Jonah (Plateau).

Speaking on the caliber of Greco-Roman wrestlers in the 80kg, President Nigeria Wrestling Federation, Daniel Igali expressed satisfaction with the level of competiveness, adding that the country possesses quality wrestlers.

Igali however discouraged freestyle wrestlers from encroaching into Greco-Roman.

"For me, before I can give it to the 80kg, then the country must be doing fine in Africa. The spirit of the wrestlers is high but I want more athletes to battle in each of the categories. As a person, I will not support freestyle wrestler to encroach into Greco-Roman because their styles are different. The wrestlers must have their preferred style," the wrestling president added.

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