Nigerian female wrestler, Blessing Oborududu, has won the first silver medal for Nigeria in the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Oborududu lost 4-1 to her opponent USA’s Tamyra Mensah-Stock in the final of the women’s freestyle 68kg on Tuesday.
She is the first Nigerian wrestler ever to win a silver medal at the ongoing Games.
Oborududu, who is also the first-ever Nigerian to win an Olympics medal in wrestling, qualified for the final after defeating Mongolia’s Soronzonboldyn Battsetseg 7-2 in the semi-finals.
This is as Nigerian long jumper, Ese Brume, won the first bronze for Nigeria.
Also, Nigeria’s top athlete, Divine Oduduru, emerged third in the men’s 200m semi-final heat at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
However, with his 20.16sec, Oduduru failed to advance to the final.
