The quartet of Blessing Oborududu, Odunayo Adekuoroye, Hannah Rueben and Esther Kolawole all won gold medals in women’s wrestling at the Africans Games 2023 on Sunday.

Earlier on Sunday, Mercy Genesis and Christiana Ogunsanya had won gold medals in their respective wrestling categories.

Adekuoroye needed only 24 seconds to defeat her Moroccan opponent Zineb Hassoune, securing a victory by fall (6-0) to win Nigeria’s third gold medal in the 57kg category.

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Oborududu and Kolawole followed suit, winning gold in the 68kg and 62kg respectively.

The sixth gold medal was won by Rueben, a soldier in the Nigerian army.

Following the impressive performance in the wrestling, Team Nigeria moved up to fourth place with seven gold, six silver and nine bronze medals.

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