By Akeem Lawal
Reigning Commonwealth
champion, Nigeria’s Odunayo Adekuoroye defeated Tetyana Kit of Ukraine 10-0 in
the final to win gold in the 57kg category at the ongoing Yasar Dogu Ranking
Series event holding in Istanbul, Turkey.
Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com reports that
the World wrestling silver medalist, Adekuoroye defeated the 2015 World
Championships bronze medalist and 2016 European championships silver medalist in
the gold medal match at the Bağcılar Olimpic Sports Hall on Saturday.
Adekuoroye began her
campaign in Turkey by defeating Giullia Rodrigues Penalber De Oliveira of
Brazil 15-2 in the Round of 16, beat Lissette Alexandra Antes Castillo of
Ecuador 10-0 in the quarter final before recording a 6-3 victory over Olga
Khoroshavtseva of Russia in the semi-final.
The victory for Ondo
State-born Adekuoroye, who is currently ranked World No. 5 by the United World
Wrestling, will see her accrue more ranking points ahead of the 2019 World
Championships in Kazakhstan in September.
Meanwhile 9-time African
champion and current Commonwealth champion, Blessing Oborududu could only
settle for bronze medal in her usual 68kg category as she defeated Alina Stadnik
Makhynia of Ukraine in the bronze medal match.
World’s No.12 Oborududu had
defeated Germany’s Nadine Weinauge 12-3 in the qualification match, before
defeating Kadriye Aksoy of Turkey 6-0 in the quarter final match.
The Bayelsa state athlete
however lost to former world junior champion, Danielle Lappage 8-1 in the semi
final as the 28 year old Canadian avenged the defeat suffered in the hands of
the Nigerian at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games final.
Both Adekuoroye and Oborududu were accompanied to the championship by the Nigeria Wrestling Federation women’s head coach, Purity Akuh.
The 4-day tournament has in
attendance more than 275 wrestlers from 21 countries around the globe that tried
to pocket the remaining Ranking Series points before heading to Nur-Sultan,
Kazakhstan, for September's World Championships.
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