By Our Reporter
NIGERIA freestyle
wrestler, Odunayo Adekuoroye retained her Commonwealth crown, even as Blessing
Oborududu won her first-ever gold medal in the Games history on Day 2 of the
wrestling event in Gold Coast, Australia, Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com reports.
In a keenly contested
finale, World silver-medalist, Adekuoroye battled to gold in the 57kg weight
class with a 7-5 points win over favourite Pooja Dhanda of India, who beat her
in Season 3 of the Indian Pro Wrestling League earlier this year.
With the win, the
24-year-old thus claimed back-to-back gold medals at the Games, following her
success in Glasgow, four years ago.
Meanwhile, 8-time
African champion, Oborududu, came from behind to defeat Canada’s Danielle
Lappage 4-3 and claim the gold medal at stake in the 68kg weight category.
On her way to the final,
the 29-year old Niger Delta University undergraduate had brushed aside Lilian
Ntigha (Kenya), Sherin Sultana (Bangladesh) and
Divya Kakran.
In the men’s event,
Amas Daniel failed in his attempt to land a first Commonwealth Games gold as he
was stopped by India’s Bajrang.
But after negotiating
his way in the repechage, the 6-time African champion will eventually settle
for a bronze medal, beating Canada’s Vincent de Marinis 4-4 (by criteria) in
the 65kg weight class.
In the men’s 97kg
class, Soso Tamarau narrowly missed out of the bronze medal, losing 2-1 to
Alexios Kaouslidis of Cyprus.
After Day 2 of the
wrestling event, Team Nigeria have won 6 medals (2 gold, 1 silver and 2
bronze).
The wrestling event
will be wrapped up on Saturday, 14 April, with reigning Commonwealth
gold-medalist Aminat Adeniyi (62kg) and 2-time African champion Mercy Genesis
(50kg) expected on the mat, while Melvin Bibo (86kg) and 2010 champion Sinivie
Boltic (125kg) will also be in action as Team Nigeria continues its quest for
more medals in the sport.
No comments:
Post a Comment