The United World Wrestling has released its most recent rankings, and Olympian Odunayo Adekuoroye is currently ranked No. 1 in the world in the 57 kg class with 49000 points.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), she was given the position because of her wrestling performance at the current African Games in Ghana.
A pinfall victory for Adekuoroye over Zineb Hassoune of Morocco secured her Gold in the 57kg category at the 13th African Games.
According to NAN, Tsugumi Sakurai of Japan is in third place with 45000 points, while Anastasia Nichita of Moldova is in second place with 47200 points.
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Despite the fact that the wrestler had not competed as frequently as she would have liked, Nigeria Wrestling Federation President Daniel Igali expressed his excitement at the accomplishment.
“This ranking gives us added motivation to prepare adequately for the Olympics,” he said.
He added that they had just finished the African championships in Alexandria.
“We came with 15 athletes, won 9 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze medals. We had 10 women, won 9 gold and 1 silver in the female style.
“We are now getting ready for the 2024 Oceania/Africa Olympic qualifiers, which starts on March 22, Greco Roman on the 22nd, female wrestling on the 23rd and freestyle on the 24th. Our goal is to qualify about five or six slots,” he said.
(NAN)
