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Chukwumerije, a 2008 Olympic Games bronze medallist in taekwondo, who has been the driving seat of Anyanacho’s meteoric rise in the sport, was not totally disappointed with her loss.
Tartar showed class and applied experience winning 12 – 7 against the Nigerian debutant who proved that the future belongs to her with a performance that stunned many who could not believe she was fighting in her first Olympics.
Elizabeth Anyanacho (middle) flanked by Sports Minister Sunday Dare (left) and former Olympian Chika Chukwumerije after her loss in Chiba, venue of the Olympic Games’ taekwondo events.
Chukwumerije himself lost his first Olympics outing in Athens in 2004 but came back smoking in Beijing four years later, kicking his way to a bronze medal.
It’s a big stage and she has all it takes to now put this defeat behind and show what she has,” Chukwumerije said..
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