Adekuoroye: The incredible feat of a female world wrestling champion

Commonwealth champion Odunayo Adekuoroye won a bronze medal at the 2019 Senior Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, her third medal in the history of the competition.

The Nigerian News Agency (NAN) announced that Adekuoroye's victory came a day after it triumphed at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. After losing in the semi-finals against Japanese champion Risako Kawai, the A 3-time world championship in the 57 kg category defeated Anastasia Nichita of Moldova 10-0 thanks to technical superiority in the bronze medal game.

She added another medal to the bronze and silver medals she won in the competition in

2015 (USA) and 2017 (France), respectively. "As you can see, we (Nigeria) came here with five girls and a man, who have no medals. So it's like I really need to make my country proud, "said the 25-year-old at United World. Fight after his victory

Adekuoroye added, "I am very happy because everyone is my fan and wished me good luck even before I qualified. I am very happy that I did not shame them. I am happy. For my coach Akuh Purity, I know he is proud of me now, and I am very proud of him for his training. "

Adekuoroye was crowned best wrestler at the 2019 Senior African Championships on March 31 at the 2019 Senior African Wrestling Championships in Hammamet, Tunisia. The Nigerian News Agency (NAN) announced that the qualifying championships for the world championships in Kazakhstan in September started on Monday and ended on Sunday.

PortHarcourt 2018

As a host in 2018, Nigeria introduced 90 athletes to the Port Harcourt tournament, featuring a wrestler in all weight classes at junior, junior and senior levels. The 2017 Commonwealth silver medalist and world champion defeated his Cameroonian opponent Esoombe Tiako. She won her 57kg final in just 29 seconds to record her fifth African title.

On his way to the final, Adekuoroye beat Senegalese Jeannette Sambou 4-0 through the flag, before defeating Algerian Chaimaa Aouissi 12-0 by technical superiority to qualify for the semi-finals.In the last four, he also recorded another victory of superiority, beating local favorite Dorssaf Gharssi 10-0. The price of the 25-year-old girl was crowned as a big day for the Nigeria team, which won the title of the winner of the women's championship fight with five gold, two silver and two bronze medals.

Later, a beautiful Adekuoroye took his Twitter account to express his joy for the victory. "# 2019ASWC It can only be God, thank you @ NWF # TeamNigeria," he tweeted. The other Nigerian winners of the tournament are Hannah Reuben (72 kg) and Aminat Adeniyi (62 kg), Rosemary Nweke (53 kg) and Ifeoma Nwoye (59 kg) representing the two bronze medals.

In the men's championship, Emmanuel Nworie in the 72kg category lost his African title, after defeating Tunisian Lamjed Maafi 10-9 in the third-place match. In total, the Nigerian team won the women's championship with 195 points in front of Tunisia's second place with 177 points, while Egypt was third with 160 points. The NAN also indicates that Nigeria wins the women's title of the African Wrestling Championship for the third year in a row. This surprises fans that use

Adekuoroye was named the best wrestler after her impressive performance in successfully defending the gold medal she won in Port Harcourt in 2018.

Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Nigerian fighter Odunayo Adekuoroye qualified for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Adekuoroye defeated Sun Jong (North Korea) 12-2 by technical superiority in the 57kg category to reach the semi-finals of the 2019 Senior Senior Wrestling World Championship in Kazakhstan on Wednesday.

The 25-year-old, however, was displaced by Japan's Rusako Kawai 6-1 in the women's 57kg semi-final later in the day and will fight for the bronze medal on Thursday.