Adekuoroye is 1,800 points better than second-placed Moldova’s Anastasia Nichita after taking gold at the African Games and African Wrestling Championships
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The News Agency of Nigeria reports that her performance in wrestling at the ongoing African Games in Ghana earned her the position. NAN reports 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., the president of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation, said he was elated at the wrestler’s feat, even though she had not competed as much as she would like to.He added they had just finished the African championships in Alexandria.
“We are now getting ready for the 2024 Oceania/Africa Olympic qualifiers, which start on 22 March-Greco Roman on the 22nd, female wrestling on the 23rd, and freestyle on the 24th. Our goal is to qualify for about five or six slots,” he said.
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