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Olympics: Nigeria Assured Medal As Wrestler Oborududu Qualifies For Final
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Olympics: Nigeria Assured Medal As Wrestler Oborududu Qualifies For Final

Blessing Oborodudu, Nigeria’s representative at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic women’s wrestling event has qualified for the final after beating Battsetseg Soronzobold of Mongolia. Her success means Team Nigeria is assured of either a gold or silver medal in the Tokyo Olympics. Oborududu got the better of Battsetseg Soronzobold in an 7-2 victory to qualify the final of the 68kg. The impressive Nigerian wrestler faces America’s Tamyra Mensah-Stock in the final. She had defeated Azerbaijani’s Elis Manolova and Meerim Zhumanazarova of Kyrgyzstan to advance to her first Olympic semi-final. Reacting, the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, described Oduduru as a blessing to Nigeria. He said, “This is a real Blessing to Nigeria. Thank you Blessing for wiping away ...
Blessing Okagbare Banned From Tokyo 2020 Olympics For Doping
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Blessing Okagbare Banned From Tokyo 2020 Olympics For Doping

Nigerian distinguished athlete, Blessing Okagbare, has been provisionally suspended for doping on Saturday. The suspension comes ahead of her scheduled participation in the semi-finals of the women’s 100m this evening. It was communicated in a press statement by the Athletics Integrity Unit, saying that the 32-year-old Nigerian athlete tested positive for a banned substance – human growth hormone. The ant-doping body said Okagbare tested positive for the prohibited substance in an out-of-competition test on July 19 – four days before the Olympics opened. The results of that test were only received by track and field’s anti-doping body late Friday after Okagbare, who won her heat in 11.05 seconds, qualified for the semifinals of the women’s 100m race at the Olympics With t...