Bayelsa State   proved that they are undisputed champions in wrestling in Nigeria as they emerged champions in the just concluded Governor Henry Seriake Dickson Wrestling Championship which ended yesterday in Yenagoa.

The state’s female wrestlers  finished tops in the freestyle category but placed second behind Delta State in the Greco Roman wrestling and won a total of 13 gold, four silver and seven bronze medals to emerge the overall champions.

Delta state placed second with five gold,six silver and two bronze medals, while Plateau settled for the third place with three gold, a silver and two bronze medals.

Ondo and Cross Rivers were fourth and fifth with two gold,three silver and four bronze medals and two gold and silver and three bronze medals respectively. The Most Valuable Wrestler award went to Bayelsa state’s Blessing Oborodudu who equally won the Best Female Wrestler award at the recently held Commonwealth Wrestling Championship in Johannesburg in South Africa.

Other awardees are Adekoroye Odunayo of Ondo state who won the Best Female wrestler; Emmanuel Oworie of Cross Rivers State won the Best Greco Roman wrestler while that of the Best Freestyle wrestler went to Okpokiri Agala of Bayelsa state just as the Best Discovered wrestler went to Udochukwu Robinson of Imo state.

Reacting to the feat shortly after the championship, the Head coach of Team Bayelsa, Ibo Oziti commended his wrestlers for making him and the state happy . He said, “today I am the happiest man on earth. What this achievement means to me is that I am the best wrestling coach. This is as a result of hard work and commitment to the sport and we are not going to rest on our oars until we win an Olympic gold”.