*As she meets Sanwo-Olu in Lagos
Odunayo Adekuoroye, the 29-year-old Nigerians serial wrestler, has recounted how she got a gold medal at the just concluded commonwealth games in Birmingham.
Quest Times reports that Adekuoroye was among the 12 female athletes who won gold for Team Nigeria at the just-concluded Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
The Ondo-born wrestler defeated India’s Anshu Malik 7-3 (victory by points) in the final to successfully defend her title in the women’s 57kg freestyle wrestling event.
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Meeting with Mr Governor
Following her heroics at the Commonwealth Games, Adekuoroye met with Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday, August 16.
Sanwo-Olu took to social media to celebrate Adekuroye on her visit to the Governor’s office.
In a statement on his official Twitter account, Sanwo-Olu said;
“Today, I received Miss Odunayo Adekuroye, a gold medalist in wrestling at the just concluded Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
“Odunayo and other medalists brought honour and glory to our country and I am particularly happy that young and gifted people like her are excelling in sports and other vocations. I am sure her success will motivate and inspire other young people.
“As a government, we take sports development very seriously and it is for that reason we are providing sporting facilities in our schools and communities across Lagos State.”
How Olukoya inspired her victory
Sharing her inspiring story during a church service at Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, which was monitored by Quest Times, the 29-year-old wrestler revealed how God healed her of a shoulder injury before the games.
“Last year, I went to the Olympic games, I sustained a shoulder injury. I thought I could never wrestle again. I was so sad I lost at the Olympics games,” she said.
According to her, MFM General Overseer Daniel Olukoya got in touch with her through the intervention of Sports Minister Sunday Dare, who reached out to the former when the going got tough.
“It was the Minister of Sports, Mr. Sunday Dare who got in touch with the General Overseer of MFM, Dr. Daniel Olukoya. I don’t know how he got the number of the MFM overseer. Baba sent me a message and said if I knew what God had for me I won’t be crying. Immediately, my mood changed. I started feeling happy again,” she recalled.
She said further that Pastor Olukoya gave her an “anointed oil”. She rubbed the oil on her shoulder. Shortly after rubbing the oil, she got her healing.
“On the shoulder, I was in Lagos for months trying to fix it. They had checked everything. They said they could not find what was wrong with it. But I could not use it.
“The doctors and physiotherapist believed I won’t be able to use the hand again. But Pastor Olukoya gave me an anointing oil to rub on the shoulder. Immediately I rubbed the oil on my shoulder, to the glory of God, I could use my hand again,” Adekuoroye said.