Tokyo 2020: The three likeliest Nigerian women to win medals at the Olympics

The countdown to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is down to less than three days and more women will ably represent Team Nigeria than men. When PREMIUM TIMES ran through the list of women in Team Nigeria, we picked out these three probable medal winners.Reigning Commonwealth champion Odunayo Adekuoroye is a strong medal contender for Team Nigeria. The 27-year-old Ondo State native and three-time World Championships medalist will aim for a historic gold medal for Nigeria in wrestling.

In a recent interview with the Nigerian Wrestling Federation media, she stated her physical and mental readiness for the Games in Tokyo. “I don’t have any pressure going to the Olympics, I’ve been to the Olympics before . I have trained physically. Mentally, I have trained myself. And my coach has been on me every time. Even the President still comes to our training just to teach me some things.

“So, having an Olympic champion in my gym, having a world-class coach , and my training partners are doing brilliantly well. So, I don’t have any pressure going to the Olympics. I believe by the special grace of God, it’s my time to shine. So, I will definitely bring gold to Nigeria, by His grace.”, “My dad used to tell me, ‘My daughter I believe what I can’t do anymore you can do it and make me proud.’ The only gift I can give him now is to medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

At the 2016 Games in Rio, she reached the quarterfinals and lost to Sweden’s Sofia Mattsson, who claimed a bronze medal. “It was special but a sad moment for me. I hoped I could get a medal. But I think one of the major problems I had, I didn’t have very good preparations, and I was still young and just eager to win.”

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