CONGRATS: Nigeria wins 7 medals at Africa Wresting Championship

Date: 15-03-2012 7:03 pm (13 years ago) | Author: Akeem Jaffe Jaffa
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     The Nigerian contingent to the Africa Senior Wrestling Championship in Morocco won 7 medals at the end of the competition.

The breakdown shows that Nigeria won 3 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze medal in the competition which ended on Wednesday 14th March, 2012.

The championship will be followed by the 2012 Olympic qualifiers in wrestling which begins on the 16th of March, 2012 in the same venue.

Nigeria will feature in nine (9) weight categories in the female and male wrestling events.

Nigeria break records in Dubai

Meanwhile, Nigerian athletes broke world records at the Fazaa International Athletics competition which took place in Dubai from March 11-13, 2012.

Miss Patricia Ndidi Nnaji now holds the world record in the Shot-put (F54) with a throw of 7.47m.

Another Nigerian, Yakubu Adesokan broke the existing world record of 175kg in Para- Powerlifting with 177kg in the 48kg weight category.



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Posted: at 15-03-2012 07:03 PM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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