Nigeria’s Odunayo Adekuoroye, an Olympian, is now ranked No. 1 globally in the 57 kg category with 49000 points, according to United World Wrestling‘s latest rankings.
Jerrymusa.com reports that her performance in wrestling at the ongoing African Games in Ghana earned her the position.
Adekuoroye Wins Gold
Adekuoroye defeated Zineb Hassoune of Morocco by a pinfall to win gold in the 57kg at the 13th African Games.
NAN confirms that in the second position is Anastasia Nichita of Moldova with 47200 points, while in the third place is Tsugumi Sakurai of Japan with 45000 points.
Despite the fact that the wrestler had not competed as frequently as she would have liked, Nigeria Wrestling Federation head Daniel Igali expressed his excitement at her accomplishment.
“We are even more motivated to train for the Olympics as a result of this ranking,” he stated.
They had just returned from the African championships in Alexandria, he said.
“We sent 15 athletes, and we took home 9 golds, 1 silver, and 2 bronzes. In the female style, we had ten women and won nine gold and one silver.
“We are currently preparing for the Oceania/Africa Olympic qualifications for 2024, which begin on March 22 and include freestyle, female wrestling, and Greco-Roman on the 22nd and 23rd, respectively. Our aim is to be eligible for roughly five or six slots,” he said.