Nigeria’s Elizabeth Anyanacho will kick off her participation in the women’s 67kg category with a bout against China’s Jie Song in the opening round of the taekwondo event in the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Anyanacho, who has made history as the first female Nigerian athlete to qualify for consecutive Olympic Games in taekwondo, has been seeded number 10 among the 16 athletes in her weight class.
The 25-year-old, a gold medallist in the 2023 African Games, will begin her campaign in Paris on Friday, August 9, against Song, the 2023 Asian Games champion.
Other African contenders in the women’s 67kg category include Egypt’s Aya Hehata and Cote d’Ivoire’s Ruth Gbabi, a two-time bronze medallist at the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Games.
The taekwondo tournament at the Paris 2024 Olympics will host 134 athletes from 60 National Olympic Committees (NOCs), competing across eight weight categories from August 7 to 10.
