A referee raises the hand of the winning wrestler at the Ecowas African Wrestling Tournament at the National Stadium in Abuja on March 7. — AFP
LEGS taut, backs bent at the waist, the wrestlers slowly stretched out their arms towards each other, searching for a grip while trying to avoid becoming exposed themselves.
In a flash it was all over – a tangle of grappling, pushing and jostling that ended with the Beninese fighter tossed to the ground by her Nigerian counterpart, the soft sand surface spraying out beneath her.
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