[BREAKING] Tokyo Olympics: Wrestler Oborududu makes history, wins Nigeria's first silver - Punch Newspapers

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Blessing Oborududu of Nigeria celebrates after qualifying for the final in the Women's freestyle 68kg wrestling event at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Japan on Monday . Oborududu wins 7-2 against Battsetseg Soronzoboldyn of Mongolia to reach the final where she faces Tamyra Mensah-Stock of America. The American wins 10-4 against Alla Cherkasova of Ukraine in the semi-final.

She had earlier defeated Kyrgyzstan’s Meerim Zhumanazarova 3-2 in the quarter-finals, after seeing off Azerbaijan’s Elis Manolova in the Round of 16.

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