Crew Nigeria ended their wrestling marketing campaign on the Riyadh 2025 Islamic Solidarity Video games on an excellent observe, securing one other gold and silver medal on Thursday to strengthen the nation’s sturdy presence on the mats.
The most recent victories additional lifted Nigeria’s medal standings because the competitors approaches its closing weekend.
Esther Kolawole delivered one of many standout performances of the wrestling occasion, claiming the gold medal within the Ladies’s Freestyle 62kg class.
The Nigerian star overcame a robust problem from Azerbaijan’s Ruzanna Mammadova, edging out a 6-4 victory in a keenly contested bout that stored spectators on edge till the ultimate seconds.
Kolawole’s triumph added to her rising popularity as one in all Nigeria’s most constant performers on the worldwide stage.
Within the Ladies’s Freestyle 76kg class, Damola Ojo added one other medal to Nigeria’s haul, securing silver after falling 11-1 to Kyrgyzstan’s Aiperi Kyzy within the closing.
Regardless of the defeat, Ojo’s journey to the gold medal match underscored her resilience and aggressive high quality, making certain Nigeria remained on the rostrum in one of many hardest classes of the match.
Crew Nigeria’s general medal tally on the Video games to 29, comprising ten gold, twelve silver, and 7 bronze medals.
Wrestling alone accounted for 4 of these medals, highlighting the crew’s spectacular consistency all through the competitors.
Earlier within the week, Christianah Ogunsanya had opened Nigeria’s gold account in wrestling together with her victory within the Ladies’s Freestyle 53kg occasion on Wednesday.
Missinnei Mercy Genesis additionally contributed with a silver medal within the Ladies’s Freestyle 50kg class.
With two gold and two silver medals from wrestling, Nigeria’s contingent wrapped up its participation within the sport on a excessive, reinforcing the nation’s power in ladies’s freestyle wrestling on the worldwide stage.
