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NWF targets improved performance at 2024 Paris Olympics

Posted : 02 July 2024

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The Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF) has announced that it is targeting improved performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics, aiming to earn the country a place on the podium.


The NWF made this statement as it unveiled six athletes who will represent the nation at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France.


The team, which comprises five female wrestlers, one male freestyle wrestler, and three coaches, was presented on Monday in a colorful ceremony at the Dynamite Wrestling Gym in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.

 

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The wrestlers unveiled are: Tokyo Olympic silver medalist Blessing Oborodudu (68kg), reigning African champion Odunayo Adekuoroye (57kg), and Military World Champion Hannah Reuben (76kg).


Also included are reigning African champions and debutants Esther Kolawole (62kg) and Ogunsanya Christinah (53kg), while Ashton Mutuwa completes the list in the 125kg men’s freestyle wrestling.


The coaches are Victor Kodei, Purity Akuh, and Happiness Burutu.


The President of the NWF, Daniel Igali, expressed confidence that the nation’s wrestlers will deliver strong performances at this year’s Olympics.


"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 just to participate but to compete. When someone competes, it’s for medals, and we are hoping that if we compete very well, the medals will come," Igali said.


Earlier, the Bayelsa State Government, through the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Nimibofa Ayawei, bid farewell to the contingent with the aim of making Nigerians proud.


"Our love for the Olympics today is the reason we are here. So, I enjoin you to make the nation proud at the Games by competing clean and bringing glory back home so we all can celebrate," Ayawei stated.


The athletes and officials are expected to depart Nigeria for Spain on July 3rd for a pre-Olympic tournament in Madrid before settling in Germany for their final camp ahead of the games.

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