Nigerian wrestler, Odunayo Adekuoroye has won a gold medal in the women’s 57kg Freestyle wrestling for Team Nigeria at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
The twenty-eight-year-old
defeated her Indian opponent, Anshu Malik 6-4 (VPO1) to secure Nigeria’s first
gold medal in Wrestling and defend the crown she won four years ago. Before reaching the final, the reigning
African champion defeated Canada’s Hannah Taylor in the semis in a swashbuckling
10-0 victory.
Nigeria
has so far won six gold medals including two silver and five bronze medals at
the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
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