Nigeria Wins African Wrestling Championship in Port Harcourt

Nigeria emerged the overall champions of the 5th African Wrestling Championship which ended on Sunday night at the Alfred Diete Spiff Sports Complex in Port Harcourt.

Sunday also marks the end of the five-day competition in the Garden City.

The five-day competition witnessed wrestlers from African countries contest for trophies in the Greco-Roman and Free Style models.

Nigeria came first in four major categories of the championship which had 90 gold medals at stake.

Team Nigeria wrestlers emerged top in the cadet women wrestling, junior freestyle, senior women wrestling and senior freestyle wrestling. At the end of competition on Sunday night, South Africa won the Cadet Free Style followed by Nigeria in the second place with Algeria finishing in the third position.

In the Men Wrestling Cadet, Egypt came first with Nigeria and Algeria picking the second and third places.

Nigeria won the Women version with Tunisia and second and third respectively.

The host country again shot to the top spot in the Junior Category Free Style with Algeria and Egypt picking the silver and bronze medals.

In the Junior Greco Roman, Egyptian wrestlers won the gold and bronze medals leaving Nigeria with the silver.

Tunisia won the Women Wrestling, Junior Category with Nigeria and Algeria settling for the silver and bronze respectively.

In the senior category, Nigeria won her dominant area of strength, the men and women Free-Style leaving South Africa and Egypt picking the second and third places.

Egypt maintained her strength in the Greco-Roman with Algeria and Morocco settling for the silver and bronze.