The Nigeria Wrestling Federation has named six wrestlers that will represent the country at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France.
The team is made of five female wrestlers, one male freestyle wrestler and three coaches.
The team was announced in a colourful ceremony at the Dynamite Wrestling gym in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
The wrestlers are Odunayo Adekuoroye (57kg) Blessing Oborodudu (68kg), Hannah Reuben (76kg) Esther Kolawole (62kg) and Ogunsanya Christinah (53kg), while Ashton Mutuwa will compete in the (125kg) men’s freestyle wrestling.
The wrestlers will be coached by the trio of Victor Kodei, Purity Akuh, and Happiness Burutu.
The President, Nigeria Wrestling Federation, Daniel Ugali is confident that the Wrestling team will make Nigerians proud in Paris.
Ugali said, “The Nigeria Wrestling Federation is a very serious Federation, the athletes have been in camp training for a couple of weeks now and in my view they’re prepared.
“The athletes won’t be going to Paris to participate but to compete, and you know when someone competes is for medals, and we are hoping that if we compete very well, the medals will come.”
The 2024 Olympics is set to start on July 26 with a colourful opening ceremony and close on August 11.
The Nigerian team is expected to depart for Spain for a pre Olympic tournament in Madrid this weekend before flying to Germany for their camping before the game starts.
Nigeria Wrestling Federation Names Six Wrestlers For Olympics is first published on The Whistler Newspaper