Paris Olympics: Adekuoroye, fand our others Nigerian wrestlers qualify for the games

Five Team Nigeria wrestlers have qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Four Nigerian Wrestlers have joined Odunayo Adekuoroye who qualified earlier. in Paris.

Adekuoroye secured qualification to Paris last year following her bronze medal in women’s 57kg at the World Championships in Belgrade.

Tokyo 2020 Olympic silver medalist Blessing Oborodudu booked her 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 Youinf of Cote D'Ivoire 6-0 to secure an Olympic slot In Paris, having won the African Games gold medal in Accra,  Ghana.

Esther Kolawole joined the Nigerian list of athletes going to Paris for the Olympics after she overcame Angelina Rodrigues Miranda of Cape Verde's 10-0 superiority to add to her African Games and African Championships triumph. 

African Games champion Christiana Ogunsanya 53kg overpowered Egyptian Shaimaa Atef Barakat Mohamed 10-0 superiority to secure Paris Games qualification.

However, Mercy Genesis narrowly missed out on the Paris Olympics in this window after a 5-7 defeat to Nada Medani Ashour Abdalla Mohamed of Egypt in the 50kg weight class.

Nigerian male freestyle wrestlers will hope to join their female counterparts to secure Olympic slots when they take to the mat on Sunday which is the final day of this window's qualifiers.

Meanwhile, the remaining Olympic slots will be decided on May 9-12 at the 2024 World Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey, offering three quota places per weight category to the two highest-ranked wrestlers and the champion of a wrestle-off between two bronze medalists.