Nigerian wrestler, Blessing Oborodudu has hailed the organizers of the Asaba 2022 Sports festival saying it’s an improvement upon the last one held in Edo state.
Although, Oborodudu claimed not to have really gone around to see every game and venue but said the ones she has seen so far have surpassed her expectations.
On the wrestling event that started on Tuesday, the female wrestler gave thumbs up to the organizer but only said the only negative is that the wrestling hall is small.
Oborodudu mentioned this while granting an interview to TheNewsGuru at the tournament.
She said she has spotted good wrestlers at the NSF, saying the future of the tournament in the country is bright.
On seeing upcoming wrestlers beating her record, she said it’s her prayers to see young wrestlers Male &Female competing and winning laurels for the country.
She said she began wrestling during her secondary days and eventually joined the wrestling team much later when she discovered she could do it.
Blessing Oborududu won Olympic Games’ silver medal in the women’s freestyle 68kg, the first won by a Nigerian wrestler in history.
The 32-year-old won the Tokyo 2020 silver medal n her third appearance at the Olympics since 2012 in London.
Oborududu announced herself to the wrestling world in 2007 when she was invited to join Nigeria’s team for the African Games. She was unrivalled in secondary school, where she started wrestling, and quickly caught the attention of the Bayelsa government, a Southern state in Nigeria, that invited her for the prestigious National Sports Festival.
Two years later, she cemented her position in the National Wrestling team and has maintained the spot, being a regular in continental tournaments.
