The four countries advancing to the women’s football semifinals at the Paris 2024 Olympics have been confirmed: Germany, Spain, the United States, and Brazil.
This follows the completion of Saturday’s quarter-final matches.
The United States secured a 1-0 victory over Japan, while Spain triumphed 4-2 on penalties against Colombia after a 2-2 draw in regular time.
Germany also won 4-2 on penalties against Canada after a 0-0 draw, and Brazil defeated France 1-0.
Having conquered African Games, Senior Weightlifting Championships and Commonwealth Games, the African Champion believes she can be one of the most successful weightlifters come out of Africa if she can add an Olympic medal to her haul.
“I am super excited to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games; I have never felt this happy in my life since I started competing. It is also a thing of joy to set another African record en route to the Olympic Games,” Lawal told NWF Media.
“I had previously said that the most important thing to compete well at this level was proper funding and adequate preparations. I can boldly say that I have had the best of build-up in Nigeria. We were in camp courtesy of our hardworking President, Nigeria Weightlifting Federation (NWF) Dr Ibrahim Abdul for over close to two months before the Ministry of Sports took over the athletes preparations.
