TEAM Nigeria wrestling are
expected to depart the shores of the country on 2nd April for the 2018
Commonwealth Games which runs from 4th to 15th April in Gold Coast, Australia.
Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com reports that the 12 wrestlers (6 male, 6
female) who will fly the flag of the country at the quadrennial multi-sport
event are currently finalising preparations for the Games in Yenagoa, the
Bayelsa State capital.
The female wrestlers are:
Mercy Genesis (50kg), Bose Samuel (53kg), Odunayo Adekuoroye (57kg), Aminat
Adeniyi (62kg), Blessing Oborodudu (68kg) and Blessing Onyebuchi (76kg).
The male wrestlers are: Welson
Ebikewenimo (57kg), Amas Daniel (65kg), Amos Assizecourt (74kg), Melvin Bibo
(86kg), Soso Tamarau (97kg) and Sinivie Boltic (125kg)
Head coach of the female
team, Purity Akuh said the wrestlers are in good shape and ready to make the
country proud in Australia.
“Honestly, I really want to
thank the Almighty God because the team is in good spirit, one love and very
peaceful in camp,” he said.
“And I must be very frank
with you, everyday they keep impressing me, they keep listening to my
instructions especially on the strategies we plan to use against the Indians
and Canadians, who are our likely tough opponents (at the Games). So they are
really responding to training; even when I want to take the training to like
50, 60 %, they will take it from me and take it to like 80, 90%.
“So I’m very optimistic that
the female team will do very well at the Commonwealth Games.”
At the last Commonwealth
Games in Glasgow, Scotland four years ago, wrestling accounted for 12 of the 36
medals won by Team Nigeria.
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