Adekuoroye Folasade Odunayo is ranked world number one (1) in 57kg wrestling category, which came after her feats in the ranking series in Italy and Algeria.
Adekuoroye Folasade Odunayo, who is competing in the 57kg, had won gold medals at the world ranking series tournaments in Rome and Algeria where the 2020 African Wrestling Championships was held prelude to the wrestling event in Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Adekuoroye Folasade Odunayo defeated Eman Ebrahim 10-0 in the Nordic bracket finals to claim the gold medal for the fifth time at the 2020 African Wrestling Championship to gather 18 points, which pushed her to world number one (1) ahead of Risako Kawai from Japan.
According to Adekuoroye Folasade Odunayo:
“First, I want to express my appreciation to God for this new status. I know everything that happens is never behind Him. I want to say I feel so excited and happy I won my sixth African title.
This will only make me sit up for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games. It will make me train harder because every eye will be on me now as the number one wrestler in the 57kg.
I will need more financial assistance and some supports in protocols like securing visas to travel for training camps, training competitions and also scouting of some of my strong opponents. These are necessary in order not to hinder my quest for my first medal at the Olympics in Japan.”
Teammate, Blessing Oborududu also had a good outing at the African Wrestling Championship after claiming her tenth gold medal at the 68kg category to rise world number 2 on the new rankings.
