Nigeria Wrestler Blessing Oborududu wins back to back bout to qualify for the Semi Final of Freestyle Wrestling at the Paris 2024 Olympics reports Sports247.ng.
Nigeria’s Blessing Oborududu commenced her quest for a medal today by defeating her Canadian opponent Linda Morais 8-2 , progressing to the quarterfinals .
Oborududu survived an initial setback of conceding 2 points in the first 3 minutes of the bout, but she stormed back in the second half to score Eight consecutive points, to win the match 8-2 on points.
The Tokyo 2022 Olympic Silver medalist then took on French Koumba Larroque of France 6-2 , leaving nothing to chance and booked her place in the Semi Finals of the event.
Oborududu will face Meerim Zhumanazarova of Kyrgyzstan who is an Olympic bronze medalist in the semifinals at 8:30 pm tonight.
Oborududu who is making her fourth Olympic appearance is hoping to go one better than Tokyo 2020 where she won the Silver medal when she was beaten to the gold in the final by American Tamyra Mensah Stock.
