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Odunayo Adekuoroye Named The Best Female Wrestler At African Championships

Odunayo Adekuoroye named the best female wrestler at the 2019 African Senior Wrestling Championships in Hammamet, Tunisia.

 

The 2017 world silver-medalist and back-to-back Commonwealth champion made light work of her Cameroonian opponent Esoombe Tiako, winning their 57kg final in just 29 seconds for her fifth African title.

On her way to the final, Adekuoroye overpowered Jeannette Sambou (Senegal) 4-0 via pinfall before taking out Chaimaa Aouissi (Algeria) 12-0 via technical superiority to move into the semi-finals. In the last four, she also recorded another superiority win, outclassing home favourite Dorssaf Gharssi 10-0.

The 25-year-old’s award crown a great day for Team Nigeria, who emerged overall winners of the women’s wrestling event at the championships with five gold, two silver and two bronze medals.

Other wrestlers who won medals at the tournament are Hannah Reuben (72kg) and Aminat Adeniyi (62kg), with Rosemary Nweke (53kg) and Ifeoma Nwoye (59kg) accounting for the two bronze medals.

Overall, Team Nigeria won the women’s event at the championships with 195 points ahead of second-place Tunisia with 177 points, while Egypt finished third with 160 points.

It is the third year in a row that Nigeria is winning the women’s wrestling event at the African championships.