Genesis won a gold medal in the Women’s Freestyle 50 kg.
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The wrestling event which took place at the Coventry Arena saw Adekuoroye taking down most of her opponents while she showed her class against India’s Anshu Malik with a 7-3 victory by points (VPO1) in the Women’s Freestyle 57 kg
Her qualification guarantees Team Nigeria a silver or gold medal in Tokyo Olympics.
Commonwealth Champion Blessing Oborududu (68kg) has moved up to a career-high number three in the latest world rankings released by the United World Wrestling.
The Nigeria Wrestling Federation on Friday said it was impressed with Odunayo Adekuoroye’s performance at the ongoing Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series tournament in Rome.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Adekuoroye’s victory is coming a day after she sealed her place at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
The 25-year-old deafeated Anastasia Nichita of Moldova 10-0 in the women’s 57kg category to win the medal.
The 25-year-old was, however, displaced by Japan’s Rusako Kawai, 6-1 in the women’s 57kg semi finals later in the day and will now battle for the bronze medal on Thursday
Ondo State Commissioner for Youths and Sports Development, Saka Yusuf-Ogunleye, on Saturday reacted to recent comments by wrestler Odunayo Adekuoroye that the state government did not support other sports aside football.
Nigeria’s Odunayo Adekuoroye was on Sunday crowned the best female wrestler at the 2019 African Senior Wrestling Championships in Hammamet, Tunisia.
The winner of the 2018 Wrestler of the Year at Nigerian Sports Awards, Odunayo Adekuoroye, on Tuesday said she was a different personality in sport and in person.
Abdullahi told the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja that the athletes were training hard ahead of the championship.
Adekuoroye, who is recording her second Commonwealth gold after grabbing the first in 53kg category in Glasgow, Scotland in 2014, defeated Indian’s Pooja Dhanda 7-5 at the Carrara Sports Arena on Friday.
Akuh told the News Agency of Nigeria on telephone from India that he hoped Adekuoroye’s team clinches the league this season.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that an election was held at the just-concluded World Wrestling championships in France.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Adekuoroye narrowly lost to Haruna Okuno of Japan 4-5 in the final of the 55kg women’s freestyle.
The President, Nigeria Wrestling Federation, Daniel Igali, told NAN on telephone from Paris that when the wrestlers got to the airport in the early hours of Monday, they were told that Air Maroc had a defective aircraft on Sunday
Purity Akuh, Adekuoroye’s personal coach, who accompanied her for the competition, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday that she defeated her opponent by technical superiority
Three Nigerian wrestlers had earlier lost out in the games
The Africa Championships is from March 2 to 7 in Alexandria, Egypt, while the Africa and Oceania qualifier is scheduled from March 30 to April 4 in Algeria