The 2022 Commonwealth Games silver medalist won the women’s 76 kg gold medal at the ongoing 36th World Military Wrestling Championship in Baku.
A Nigerian Army officer, Reuben Hannah (OLY), won a gold medal at the ongoing 36th World Military Wrestling Championship in Azerbaijan.
The 2022 Commonwealth Games silver medalist won the women’s 76 kg gold medal at the ongoing 36th World Military Wrestling Championship in Baku.
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Reuben won the silver medal in the women’s 76kg event at the 2022 and 2023 African Wrestling Championships.
World Military Championship is preparing me for the African Games - Reuben
The 2015 All-African Games silver medalist said she would have another chance to train for the Olympic Games and the African Games next year at the World Military Wrestling Championship.
“I want to thank the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, and other service chiefs for ensuring wrestlers in the military attended the 36th World Military Wrestling Championship. The preparations for the tournament was top notch because we were provided with all the necessary logistics to excel.
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“I used the World Military Championship to prepare myself ahead of next year’s African Games and especially Olympic Games in Paris. The only wrestler who has qualified is Odunayo Adekuoroye, and it will be a thing of joy if other wrestlers qualify," she told ACL Sports.
Eight Nigerian wrestlers are in Baku, representing the Nigerian Army.