Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has praised the historic feat of 2020 Tokyo Olympics 68kg freestyle wrestling silver medallist, Blessing Oboruduru, describing her as an amazon.
The governor, who said he spoke with Oboruduru on phone before her event in Japan on Tuesday, said her heroic performance would spur younger athletes and wrestlers from Bayelsa State as a whole.Diri’s spokesman, Mr Daniel Alabrah in a statement in Yenagoa on Wednesday quoted the governor as saying that winning an Olympic medal was not a mean feat.
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