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Nigerian wrestlers to participate in China championship
August 11, 2006,By ANDnetwork .com
Following their sterling performance at the just concluded African Wrestling Championship in Pretoria, South Africa, Nigeria wrestlers have been invited to the Senior World Wrestling Championship in China.
By Abbas Jimoh
President of the Nigeria Amateur Wrestling Federation (NAWF), Austin Igwe Edeze, who disclosed that the female team won the championship shield as the best in the continent, while their male counterpart captured two silver medals in the championship, said that $39 000 was expended on the Pretoria championship by the Association. Edeze who appealed to the government for assistance to sponsor 10 wrestlers and four officials that will participate at the Championship in China next month, said that it was the International Wrestling Federation (Fila) who invited the federation to the championship in the light of their outstanding performances so far. “The executive board of NAWF regards the Africa Wrestling Championship as the melting point of ranking wrestlers in Africa, hence the board did expend $39 000 to sponsor four male and seven female wrestlers with five officials to South Africa where we record this feat,” he said. Edeze said Nigeria won the female shield as the best overall in Africa; as an addition to the nine medals won alongside their male counterpart at the Pretoria meet. He also said that the NAWF board shortly after its inauguration in May 2005 sponsored four wrestlers and three officials to the Commonwealth Nations wrestling championship in Cape Town, South Africa, where the team won two silver medals, and three million naira expended on the championship. Secretary of the Federation, Usikaye Yemi told Trustsports that the female wrestlers won four gold medals, two silver and one bronze medal, while their male counterpart won two silver medals. He also said that the second edition of Governor Sam Egwu Open Wrestling Championship in male and female categories will be holding between 9 August and 15 August in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State and is being sponsored by the governor at the cost of $39 000.Daily TrustMM/JB
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Babita Kumari wins gold at Asian Cadet Wrestling
New Delhi, Aug. 12 (PTI):
Babita Kumari did the country proud by winning the gold medal in the women's 49 kg class today at the sixth Asian Cadet Wrestling Championship in Bangkok, Thailand.
Babita defeated Japan's Nodoka Nishi to become the third Indian grappler to claim the top honours.
The team also added two silver medals and an equal number of bronze on the fourth day of the championship to take their tally to three gold, four silver and three bronze medals.
India is third on the medal table behind Iran 5-1-4 and Japan 4-3-1.
Anil Dhankar had to be content with a silver medal in the men's 63 kg freestyle category after losing to Korean Kim Jun Chul.
Sandeep Kumar also won the silver in the men's 69 kg freestyle. He suffered a defeat against fancied Iranian wrestler Saeid Tavakol.
The two bronze medals were won by Jaiveer in the 58 kg freestyle and Surender in 54 kg Greco-Roman category.
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Two bronze medals at Asian junior championship
/www.nhandan.com.vn 8/12/06
Vienamese wrestlers have won two bronze medals at the Asian junior wrestling contest, which opened in Bangkok on August 10, reported the Sports Daily.
The newspaper said that the two medals went to Nguyen Thi Minh in women’s 43 kilograms and Pham Thi Thanh Phuong in women’s 46 kilograms.
In women’s 43 kilograms, Nguyen Thi Minh competed with seven wrestlers. She beat Chuluunbaatar Ganchimeg from Mongolia 3-0 in the quarter-finals and lost to top favourite Singh Prinka from India 3-1 in the semi-finals.
Pham Thi Thanh Phuong conceded a 3-0defeat to Wagn Kaushalya, also from the India, in the semi-finals of the 46 kilogram category.
Nguyen Van Quang started his competition on August 12 against Zhao Yan Peng from China in the quarter-finals of men’s 58 kilograms.
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