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Tokyo Olympics: Nigeria’s Oborodudu Settles For Silver After Defeat In Wrestling Final

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Blessing Oborududu had to settle for a silver medal after losing to Tamyra Stock-Mensah in the final of the women’s Wrestling 68kg at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday, earning Nigeria her only second medal at this year’s Olympics.

You would recall that Oborududu had on Monday defeated Battsetseg Soronzobold of Mongolia 7-2 to reach the final of the 68kg gold medal contest.

The 32-year-old had defeated Azerbaijani’s Elis Manolova and Meerim Zhumanazarova of Kyrgyzstan to advance to her first Olympic semi-finals.

 

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