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World silver-medalist Odunayo Adekuoroye says she is fully prepared and focused on winning a 4 th  gold medal at the 2018 African Wrestling Championships which begin in Port Harcourt at the Alfred Diete-Spiff Civic Centre on First.   The 3-time African Champion added that her participation in Season 3 of the Pro Wrestling League in India served as preparation for the African Championships.   In a chat with NWF Media, the 24-year old, who will be fighting in the 57kg weight class expressed optimism in her chances of excelling at the tournament.   “I believe I have trained, and the Pro Wrestling League in India has really helped me too to prepare for this (African) Championships,” the 2014 Commonwealth gold-medalist said.   “So I believe I’m full prepared, and I believe by the special grace of God, something good will come out.”   Speaking of what should be expected from her in the tournament, Adekuoroye said: “They should expect good from me becaus...

Blessing Oborodudu says she is confident of claiming an 8 th successive continental gold medal at the 2018 African Wrestling Championships in Port Harcourt.   The 7-time African wrestling Champion, who is seeking an 8 th  title, will have to do so in a new weight category, 68 kg. She formerly competed in the 63 kg class.   Nonetheless, she told Nigeria Wrestling Federation Media that she is ready to defend her African crown in her new weight category, adding that preparation for the African Championships has been going on well.   “The preparation for the African Championship has been good, we have been in camp for about three weeks,” the Bayelsa-born freestyle wrestler said. “So I’m ready to go.   “This will be my 8 th  time of winning the African Championship, and this 2018 is in a different class (68kg). It is no more 63 kg again.   “I’m equally preparing for them (the wrestlers in that weight clas...