TOKYO Olympics 2020 UPDATES: Blessing Oborodudu sets to bless Team Nigeria with her first medal

By Yusuf Adua

The flag of Nigeria is set to later fly on the podium at the Tokyo Olympics after a strenuous long wait as Blessing Oborodudu is on course to deliver the first medal for the country.

Team Nigeria who had not won a medal at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics will have a cause to smile thanks to Blessing Oborodudu, who won her semi-final bout against Mongolia’s Battsetseg Soronzonbold in the women’s 68kg.

Our sports desk gathered that Oborodudu overcame Soronzonbold, who won bronze at the 2012 London Olympics and two gold medals at the 2010 and 2015 World Championships, 7-2 to land a first ever medal for Nigeria in wrestling at the Olympics.

Oborodudu is now guaranteed a gold or silver in the final and will take on 28-year-old Tamyra Mensah from USA on Tuesday.

Mensah, who won bronze and gold at the World Championships in 2018 and 2019 respectively, beat Ukraine’s Alla Cherkasova 10-4 in the other semi-final.