\n

Nigeria\u2019s Nworie Emmanuel on Saturday won a bronze medal in the 77kg Greco-Roman event at the ongoing African Games in Accra, Ghana.<\/p>\n

Nworie defeated Hattingh Johannes of South Africa 11-0 superiority, after what seemed to be a controversial semifinal for the Nigerian wrestler.<\/p>\n

Speaking after the game, Emmanuel expressed dissatisfaction with his semifinal loss to his Egyptian opponent.<\/p>\n

He dominated almost the entire tie but was defeated through technical decisions by the umpires.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really feel sad because of my semifinal defeat because I gave all my strength in the game to be able to play in the final.<\/p>\n

\u201dI play in the third place game with every power within me to secure the bronze medal match,\u201d Emmanuel said.<\/p>\n

Nigerian wrestlers will hope to better their performances on Sunday, in the women wrestling when Blessing Oborodudu and Odunayo Adekuoroye among others take to the mat.<\/p>\n

The wrestling event which started on Saturday is expected to end on Monday.<\/p>\n

African Games: Nigeria bags first medal in wrestling<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nigeria\u2019s Nworie Emmanuel on Saturday won a bronze medal in the 77kg Greco-Roman event at the ongoing African Games in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8313,15,160,12059],"tags":[2783,1152,180,201,5936],"class_list":["post-21291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-african-games","category-news","category-sport","category-wrestling","tag-african","tag-games","tag-news","tag-sport","tag-wrestling"],"yoast_head":"\n