Aruna, Edem listed for African Cup, Olympics Qualifiers
The Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF) has named Quadri Aruna, Offiong Edem, Olajide Omotayo and Fatimo Bello for the 2024 ITTF African Cup and Olympics Qualification Tournament taking place in Kigali, Rwanda between May 12 and 18.
According to the organisers, each country is expected to present two men and two women for the African Cup while Egypt as the defending champions in men and women will present three players each. Rwanda will present four men and four women as the host country.
In the list of participants released by African Table Tennis Federation (ATTF), Omar Assar of Egypt as the men’s singles defending champion will be joined by her compatriot – Hana Goda who will also be defending her title in the women’s singles.
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Aruna who had dropped in the ITTF ranking to 19th place, is hoping to use the tournament to climb his way back to the top of the world rating but he would be facing a Herculean task against the Egyptian trio of Assar, Mohamed El-Beiali and Youssef Abdel-Aziz.
Omotayo who is yet to show why he was crowned the 2019 African Games champion will be looking forward to another showdown against some of the finest African stars in Kigali.
Edem who spearheaded Nigeria’s silver medal at the 13th African Games will be looking forward to a repeat of her Accra’s superlative performance in Kigali.
Bello, a finalist at the 2022 edition must have put her below-par performance in Ghana behind her with the hope of re-enacting her 2022 form in Rwanda.
At the Olympics Qualification Tournament, Aruna will be eyeing his fourth Olympic Games appearance when the event kicks off on May 16 at the BK Arena in Kigali as Egypt will not be competing as they had already picked their tickets at the 2023 African Championships in Tunisia.
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