Blessing Oborududu Breaks Nigeria’s Olympic Record

Nigerian wrestler Blessing Oborududu has made her country proud by winning the country’s first ever medal in wrestling at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. She won a silver medal having lost out to her opponent, USA’s Tamya Mensah-Stock, in the final of the women’s freestyle 68kg today.

This news has brought smiles to the citizens of the nation. Nigeria has had some setback in the team since the start of the games. Majority of her competitors were disqualified from the games for failing their drug test. Hence, Oborududu’s win came as a relief to the most populous nation in Africa.

Earlier in the day, Nigerian athlete Ese Brume clinched a bronze medal in the long jump event. She gave the country her first medal at the Tokyo Olympics. The victory of Blessing Oborududu and Ese Brume shows the immense talent Nigeria possesses. We are a people bounded by hard work, determination and perseverance.

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Nigerians react to Blessing Oborududu’s record

Ayeni Ibukun said, ‘’Congrats Blessing Oborududu, you have given us a reason to be comforted despite the many ills in our system.’’

Daniel Daniel posted, ‘’Congratulations! We are proud of you. Not because you represent our leaders but the medal justifies the struggle of many young ones out there; that with good environment, our young ones out there will actualize great potentials.’’

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Sunny Sunnet commented, ‘’If Nigeria government can also give us economy and security silver medal, we will be happy as well. But they keep failing Nigerians in the first Round with insecurities, looting, and embezzlement in all departments.’’

Edmund Oriataman said, ‘’Congrats Blessing Oborududu. At least 200 million population get something to console us.’’

Christian Jereigns posted, ‘’Nigeria houses people of talents, potentials, and geniuses. But bad leadership, tribalism, and corruption have been our downfall. Congrats to our medalists. At least, good news is greeting us today unlike the usual bad news of banditry, bombing, and bloodletting. Congratulations.’’

Meanwhile, the Federal Government has tripled the prize money award for the Nigerian Team. This announcement was made by the Director of the Federation and Elites Athletes Department (FEAD) of the Youth and Sports Development Ministry, Dr. Simon Ebohdjaiye. He said that the reason is to appreciate the impressive performance of the team.

‘’The gesture is to drive home the point that the federal government rewards superlative efforts. Gold medalists will now be rewarded with $15,000 while silver and bronze medal winners will each get $10,000 and $7,500 respectively. The earlier award is $5,000 for gold, $3,000 for silver, and $2,000 for bronze,” he said.

Congratulations to Blessing and Team Nigeria.