Oborodudu, Kolawole Crash Out Of World Wrestling Championships

Olympic silver medalist and Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games gold medalist, Blessing Oborodudu on Wednesday crashed out of the Word Wrestling Championships holding in Belgrade.
Oborodudu, a 10-time African champion, chasing her first world championship medal, was leading 2-0 but eventually lost the 68kg bout to Asian bronze medalist, Delgermaa Enkhsaikhan who scored a takedown to win by criteria.
Seeded N0 3 for the championship, Oborodudu’s hope of adding a world championship medal to her intimidating medals kitty was truncated in the quarterfinals.
Also luck was not on the side of Esther Kolawole, fighting in the 57kg weight class as she lost out in the quarterfinals to Zhala Aliyeva of Azerbaijan.
Kolawole, a world U23 bronze medalist, was leading Aliyeva 13-12 but a go behind with just 8 seconds remaining saw the Azerbaijani tumbling the points to 14-13 to win.