8th October, 2010
With one gold medal in the kitty for Team Nigeria in the wrestling event of the ongoing Commonwealth Games in India, former wrestling champion, Daniel Igali believes the nation can still win more.
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Igali, who won 116 consecutive fights at Simon Fraser University, Canada from 1997 to 1999, said he was glad with the achievement of Nigerian wrestlers in the Commonwealth Games this year, adding that the medals won so far indicated that Nigeria is a force to reckon with in the Commonwealth of Nations.
The Bayelsa State-born wrestler, who has naturalized as a Canadian, said with an enabling environment Nigerian wrestlers would do well in the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
—Taiwo Adelu