Boxing: Know Nigeria’s representative at the upcoming Olympics
– Efe Ajagba bagged a boxing ticket for Rio Olympics
– Caroline Linus failed to secure a ticket to the upcoming games
– Nigeria has never won gold in boxing at the Olympics
Efe Ajagba will be Nigeria’s only representative at the upcoming Rio Olympics bagging gold in the final of the AIBA Africa Olympic qualifiers in Yaounde, Cameroon.
Efe Ajagba
Meanwhile Caroline Linus missed the chance to represent Nigeria at the Rio Olympic Games after losing to Morocco’s Zohra Ez-Zahraoui in the women’s flyweight category.
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Ez-Zahraoui will be representing Morocco in Brazil along with her compatriots Hasnaa Lachgar and Khadija Mardi who also won their final bouts.
Ajagba, who had already qualified for the Olympics, won gold in the men’s super heavyweight class defeating Mohammed Arjaoui from Morocco to land the gold.
Nigeria’s Ajagba will be looking forward to be the first Nigerian to win gold at the olympics,as the likes of David Nzorite and Rasmus Ojemaye have failed in the past.
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