‘Tokyo Heat Won’t Affect Wrestling Team’

Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF) President  Daniel Igali has allayed  fears  over the searing  heat  at the on-going  2020 Olympics  games in  Tokyo, adding the Team Nigeria wrestling quintuplet have settled down ahead of their competition early next month.

Team Nigeria  wrestling team  will be represented  by five athletes   including  Odunayo Adekuoroye (57kg), Blessing Oborududu (68kg), Aminat Adeniyi (62kg), Adijat Idris (50kg) and Ekerekeme Agiomor (86kg).

In Tokyo some , some athletes have  reportedly struggled  to compete under  hot weather condition but Igali  said  there is nothing  to worry about the wrestling contingent. “They ( all five athletes) are fine; I have been In touch with them every day,” the 2000 Olympics  Gold medalist  told NationSport.“ I am still in Istanbul. Still have another  nine hours to catch my slight.”

Igali added:” They (wrestlers) have settled down; acclimatized. There is Nigerian food at the training camp. They are doing well. Training indoors so the weather has not been a problem for them.”

Over the weekend, Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic  said the weather in Tokyo was not friendly at all.

“Playing in extreme heat and humidity, it’s very challenging,” said Djokovic. “It’s something we’ve known coming into Tokyo, we heard and expected the conditions would be very tough, but before you come here and experience that, you don’t really know how difficult it is.”

Meanwhile, the Team Nigeria  wrestling contingent  will open their account  at  Tokyo 2020  from August.