Workforce Nigeria’s Blessing Oborodudu is out of the competition for the ladies’s wrestling 68kg gold at Paris Olympics after dropping her semi-final bout to Kyrgyzstan’s Meerim Zhumanazarova Monday’s evening.
The Bayelsa-born wrestler, who received a silver medal on the Tokyo Olympic Video games, secured her place within the semifinals after beating Canada’s Linda Morais 8-2 and Lattoque Koumba of France 6-2 respectively in her first two fights earlier on Monday.
She nevertheless did not change into the primary Nigerian wrestler to qualify for 2 consecutive Olympic Video games closing.
Resulting from her loss for gold, Oborodudu will now combat for bronze medal in contrast to in Tokyo 2020 Olympic Video games the place she certified for closing.
Zhumanazarova waits for the winner of the repechage match for a gold medal bout.
