•As Nigeria clinches 8 Gold, 4 Silver medals
Team Nigeria raised its medal haul to 12 on Friday as silver Olympic medallist Blessing Oborududu becomes 12-time African champion at the ongoing African Wrestling Championship in Tunisia, BSNSports.com.ng reports.
While Blessing Oborududu was celebrating a record gold crown, her counterpart Mercy Genesis clinched gold medal in the 50kg as they recorded 6 gold and 4 silver medals in day-3 of the tournament.
Christianah Ogunsanya of Nigeria defeated Nogona Bakayoko Cote d’Ivoire 11-0 while Adegoke Jumoke added to the gold list for team Nigeria in the 55kg
Similarly, in the 57kg finals Hammami Faten of Tunisia lost to Adekuoroye Mercy of Nigeria 11-0 coupled with Biogos Ebi 5-0 victory over Egyptian Vadran Menatalia in the 72kg
Meanwhile, in the 59kg finals Patience Opuene of Nigeria lost 3-8 to Bousseta Siwar of Tunisia to end up with a silver medal while Kolawale Esther settles for silver medal after falling 7-1 to Marwa Amri of Tunisia in the 62kg
In addition, Hannah Reuben added more silver to team Nigeria on the day after losing 2-4 to Hamza Samir of Egypt in the 76kg finals, Ebipatei Moghenbofa made it four silver for team Nigeria in the 65k .
With the victory Nigeria retained its team title in female wrestling becoming 12-time African female wrestling champions
On the whole, as at the end of Day-3, Team Nigeria has recorded 8 Gold and 4 Silver in the Championships so far.