The wrestlers will now join Odunayo Adekuoroye, who secured
qualification in 2023 after winning a bronze medal in the women’s 57kg at the
World Championships in Belgrade.
Tokyo 2020 Olympics silver medalist Blessing Oburududu
booked a place at the 2024 Paris Olympics after a 2-0 pinfall victory over
Uilau Tarkong of Palau in the 68kg.
World Military Champion, Hannah Reuben 76kg pipped Amy Youin
of Cote D’Ivoire 6-0 to secure Olympics slot In Paris.
Esther Kolawole joined the list of Nigerian athletes going
to Paris for the Olympics after
overcoming Angelina Rodrigues of Cape Verde 10-0.
African Games champion, Christiana Ogunsanya in the 53kg
overpowered Egyptian Shaimaa Mohamed 10-0
to secure qualification.
However, Mercy Genesis narrowly missed out on Paris Olympics
in this window after a 5-7 defeat to Nada
Mohamed of Egypt in the 50kg weight class.
Five female wrestlers will represent the country in the Paris 2024 Olympics .
Nigerian male freestyle wrestlers will hope to join their
female counterparts on Sunday when they take to the mat.
Sunday will be the
final day of this window’s qualifiers.
The remaining Olympic slots will be decided on May 9 to 12
at the 2024 World Qualification Tournament in
Istanbul, Turkey.
The African championships and Olympic qualifiers which
started on Monday in Alexandria, Egypt is expected to end Sunday. NAN