The News Agency of Nigeria reports that her performance in wrestling at the ongoing African Games in Ghana earned her the position.
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The Director of Sports in the state Sports Council, Emmanuel Utobo told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the contingent comprised 50 athletes and 25 officials.
The 32-year-old won a silver medal on Tuesday in her third appearance at the Olympics since 2012 in London.
Commonwealth Champion Blessing Oborududu (68kg) has moved up to a career-high number three in the latest world rankings released by the United World Wrestling.
Reigning Commonwealth champion Blessing Oborududu says her target is to claim a gold medal at the upcoming Senior World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary, next month.
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung, donated his one month salary to the elite athlete development grant midwifed by the Nigeria Sports Development Fund Inc in Abuja, while two youth athletes from Wrestling and Taekwondo are the first two athletes to enjoy the grant.
Onyebuchi obtained silver after losing to Canada’s Erica Wiebe in the 76kg category female freestyle, while Welson earned a bronze after beating Jan Combrinck of South Africa in the 57 kg category male freestyle event.
The IOC had downgraded Wrestling from a sport that would feature in the 2020 Olympics to a candidate status in February 2013, meaning Wrestling had to compete for a space in the 2020 Olympics with sports such as Squash, Baseball and Softball
The decision was made after IOC agreed on the 25 sports which will form the core for the 2020 Games to be hosted by the city of Tokyo
Rogge, whose 12-year stint at the helm of the IOC comes to an end in September, said the body had been adding sports to the programme for decades before deciding to cap the number at 28