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The information reaching brila.net has it that Nigeria Wrestling Federation wrestlers will represent Nigeria at the forthcoming Africa Games in Rabat, Morocco.
Technical Director of the Wrestling Federation, Damien Ohaike told the newsmen that the list was pruned from the 23 taken to the last Games in Congo Brazaville to 16 as only competitors in the Olympic Games weight categories will be allowed to compete at the Africa Games.
In his words:
“We will leave Bayelsa where the team is preparing for the games for Abuja on August 19. Our list was reduced to fit the Olympic weight class only and we will be going with 6 female wrestlers, 6 Freestyle and 4 Greco-Roma wrestlers”.
Nigeria won the wrestling event at at the last games in 2015 with 9 gold, 5 silver and 5 bronze medals.
The Africa Games start from from August 19-31.
