BLESSING OBORUDUDU BATTLES FOR OLYMPIC SLOT IN SERBIA
Two-time Commonwealth champion and Olympic silver medallist, Blessing Oborududu, will be hoping to secure a Paris 2024 Olympic Games spot when she begins her campaign at the ongoing 2023 Pre Olympic Qualifiers in Belgrade, Serbia on Wednesday. Her compatriot Odunayo Adekuoroye, who lost in the quarter-finals on Tuesday, will be determined to claim a bronze medal, which would seal her spot among the athletes at the Paris Olympics next year.
Her journey at the tournament began with a confident 9-7 points win over Brazil’s Guilla Olivera in the round of 16 after she picked up the Brazilian and slammed her on the mat to win their 57 kilograms bout at the World Wrestling Championships. Adekuoroye, ranked 22, was then defeated by former world number one India’s Sarita Mor 6-4 in the quarter-finals.
