Nigeria, Aug. 21 -- Ruth Chinazum Nwosu has clinched Nigeria's first gold medal at the ongoing 2019 African Games in Morocco.

Despite her opponent's home advantage, Nwosu displayed a lot of courage to defeat Morocco's Oumaima El Bouchti in the women's 49-53kg category in Taekwondo.

She edged the fight witha 26-22 victory to end Nigeria's long wait for the golden moment.

To make it to the final, Nwosu had defeated Ethiopia's Fikado Gosaye 14-12 in the semi-final after previously edging out Niger Republic's Balkissa Halidou 28 - 9 in the quarter-final.

Taekwondo also produced two bronze medals for Nigeria in Day 1 of action.

Sunday Onofe settled for the bronze medal as he lost 11-15 to Cote D'Ivoire's Seydou Gbane in the semi-final aft...