Ondo State athletes representing Nigeria have recorded good start in the Africa Wrestling Championship which started yesterday at the Alfred Diette Spiff Events Centre, Port Harcourt. The cadet events that started on Wednesday saw Ondo’s Esther Kolawole winning gold in the freestyle event while Christiana Ogunsanya and Mercy Adekuoroye have qualified for the semifinal stage of their respective events. Mercy, the younger sister of Odunayo Adekuoroye, is tipped to also win gold in the AWC event. However, Sunmisola Balogun, another Ondo wrestler won two bouts to qualify for the final in her cadet event yesterday. However, host country Nigeria has been dominated by their North African counterparts especially in the Greco-Roman category.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 08, 2018 00:33 UTC