TWO-TIME Commonwealth champion Odunayo Adekuoroye (57kg)
has reflected on her performance in the year 2019 and gave thanks to God
almighty for her achievements.
In a chat with Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com, the Ondo State-born athlete
said she is looking forward to more glorious outings this year.
“2019 was a good year for me. I won a gold medal at the
German Grand Prix, was at the World Ranking series in Istanbul where I also won
a gold, also at the World Championship and I won a bronze, I will say it was a
very good year for me.
“I am already looking forward year 2020 and my target is
to win a medal in Tokyo. I made mistakes at the world level in 2019 and still won
a bronze. So if I correct my mistakes as I prepare for competitions in the New
Year and I am not match rusty, and with the help of God, all things are
possible,” Adekuoroye told Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com.
Adekuoroye began her 2019 year on a superb note by claiming
a gold medal at the Grand Prix of Germany in Dormagen, in February. She
followed it up with a bronze at the Dan Kolov-Nikola Petrov ranking series
tournament in Bulgaria and also won her 5th African title at the 2019 African
Senior Wrestling Championships in Tunisia in March.
The 26-year-old showed her class by winning gold at the 3rd
Governor Serieke Dickson National Wrestling Classics held in Bayelsa in July to
book her place at the Africa Games in Morocco.
She continued with her superb
performance by winning gold at the Yasar Dogu Ranking Series event held in
Istanbul, Turkey in July.
In August, Adekuoroye successful won her second
consecutive Africa Games gold medal in Morocco before heading to Kazakhstan in
September where she won bronze at the Senior World Wrestling Championships in
Nur-Sultan and also booked an Olympic ticket.
Adekuoroye is one of the few athletes that were recently
adopted by philanthropist through “Adopt Campaign”, an initiative of the Minister
for Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare which seeks to support athletes who will be
making Nigeria proud at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
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