Nigeria will feature three male wrestlers in the Greco-Roman category while four male wrestlers will compete across different weight classes in the men’s freestyle.
The women freestyle category will feature eight Nigerian wrestlers.
The president of Nigerian Wrestling Federation NWF, Daniel Ighali said well-meaning Nigerians should come to the aid of the federation and Odunayo Adekoruoye in the area of funding and sponsorship to attend tournaments which will keep her in top shape for the Rio Olympics.
The 2000 Sidney Olympics gold medalist advised corporate bodies to extend the same sponsorship they give to Comedians, Artists and Musicians to sportsmen and women if the country intends to do well at the Olympics.
According to the United World Wrestling, the governing body for amateur wrestling, the competition in Egypt is compulsory for countries seeking to participate in the Olympic qualifying tournament.
The Nigerian team will depart for Alexandria on Wednesday and will also be in Algiers, Algeria between March 30 and April 4 for the Olympic qualification tournament.
Apart from Odunayo Adekuoroye, who qualified for the Olympics last year no other Nigerian wrestler has qualified for the Rio Olympics.
Source : Wefmng news
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