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By Monica Iheakam
Three -time Commonwealth Games wrestling champion Odunayo Adekuroye has booked her ticket to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in France.
World number 22, Adekuoroye, earned her placement at next year’s games after winning bronze at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.
In Wednesday’s bronze medal match, Adekuoroye defeated World number 12 Elvira Kamaloglu of Turkey 9-5 points in the 57 kg category.
The 29-year-old became the first Nigerian wrestler to pick a ticket to the games.
She has now qualified for her third consecutive Olympic Games after appearing at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020.
Silver medalist at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Blessing Oborududu, lost to Russia’s Vusala Parfianovich in the women’s 68kg quarter-finals.
Paris 2024 will be Adekuoroye’s third Olympics and she will be gunning for the elusive medal after disappointments in Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020.
