Wrestling: Camp Opens in Bayelsa Ahead of Tokyo Olympics

Wrestling: Camp Opens in Bayelsa Ahead of Tokyo Olympics By Uche Dozie Nigeria's contingents for the Tokyo Olympics in July this year in the wrestling category are camping in Yenegoa, Bayelsa to have a top notch preparation towards the world showpiece, BSNSports.com.ng reports. Five Nigerian wrestlers with their coaches who have qualified for the 2020 Olympics arrived the capital of Bayelsa on Tuesday to be in shape for the July tournament. Chairman, Caretaker Committee of Nigeria Wrestling Federation, Daniel Igali is hopeful of a great preparation for the wrestlers. “This is the preparation we hope would get them over the hurdle at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. "They would be here (Yenagoa) right up until early June, when they leave for another preparatory camp in Tokyo," Igali said. The former Olympic gold medalist for Canada at the Sydney Games in 2000 stated that the wrestlers will be in a competition here in Nigeria before going to Poland for another competition “Our plan is to, for the next couple of weeks, get them efficiently prepared to go to a Ranking Series competition in Poland. We also plan to have a competition here in Bayelsa – a test competition for them. “We have about three training partners to each athlete because we want to mimic a situation where they have different kinds of opponents, so that all five qualified athletes are given the necessary preparations.” According to reports, Commonwealth champions Odunayo Adekuoroye (57kg), Aminat Adeniyi (62kg) and Blessing Oborodudu (68kg), debutants Adidjat Idris (50kg) and Ekerekeme Agiomor (86kg) started the camp on Tuesday. The wrestling event of the Tokyo Olympics starts from the first of August to 7th August, 2021.