By Solomon Nwoke

Inspite of their short  preparation and late arrival due to visa delay, the Nigerian team of wrestlers at the Commonwealth Wrestling Championship which ended weekend in South Africa gave a good account of themselves as a force to reckon with in the continent.

Nigeria presented 13 wrestlers made up of seven female and six male wrestlers and won four gold, two silver and one bronze in the freestyle wrestling event while it placed third in the Greco Roman style of wrestling with a silver and three bronze.

Blessing Oborududu lifted the country’s name by emerging The Best Female Wrestler of the tournament, she also won a gold medal in the 63kg weight class. Other who won gold medals include three times world wrestling medalist, Chipma Iheanacho in the 67kg weight class, Aminat Adeniji and Adekuroye Odunayo in the 51kg weight category.
Esther Pam and Sammy Oziti won a silver medal each while Bisola Makanjuola in the 55 kg weight category.

Sinivie Boltic won a silver medal in the 120kg class in the Greco Roman while Soso Tamara in the 96 kg, Welson Ebikewenimo in the 60kg and Bibo Kelvin in the 84kg weight class won bronze.

Reacting to their feat yesterday, President of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation, Dr Daniel Igali gave kudos to the wrestlers saying it was an impressive outing considering the circumstances surrounding their outing.
” All things considered, this is an impressive performance”, Igali said.