Oborududu, Innocent Named Team Nigeria Captains

Oborududu, Innocent Named Team Nigeria Captains 

Our Reporter

Nigeria's top women wrestler, a silver medalist at the last Olympic Games in Tokyo, gold medalist at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Blessing Oborududu and leading men powerlifter Nnamdi Innocent have been selected as Team Nigeria Captains .

The flagbearers at Thursday's Opening Ceremony will be Nnamdi Chinecherem Prosper, and the veteran women powerlifter who doubles as the world record holder in her category, Oluwafemiayo Foashade.

Prosper, who is 20 years old and the national record holder in Javelin will be hoping to finish on the podium in Birmingham while the veteran powerlifter Folashade will be seeking another 'golden' outing for Nigeria.

The opening ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games will hold at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, United Kingdom on Thursday from 7.15pm.