NIGERIA TEAM READY FOR RIO CUP
The 11 wrestlers consist of two Greco Roman wrestlers, five female and four male freestyle wrestlers. The President of the NWF, Hon. Daniel Igali, said in the female category, Mercy Genesis (48Kg), Aminat Adeniyi (58Kg), Blessing Oborududu (63Kg) Reuben Hannah (69Kg) and Blessing Onyebuchi (75Kg) would represent the nation. Igali said in the Greco Roman, Emmanuel Nworie (66Kg) and Tochukwu Okeke (75Kg) will feature, while in male freestyle, Welson Ebikewenimo (57Kg) Amas Daniel (65Kg), Melvin Bibo (74Kg) and Soso Tamara (97Kg) will represent Nigeria. “The championship is to prepare Nigeria wrestlers for the Olympic qualifiers that will hold at Alexandra, Egypt and Algiers, Algeria,” he said. “We have already secured a slot for the Rio 2016 Olympic through Odunayo Adekuoroye and I strongly believe that Nigeria will grab all available slot next year,” a confident Igali said. Igali noted that if wrestler participates at various international championships the level of exposure and s