NTTF picks Aruna, Edem, others for African Cup, Olympics qualifiers

Quadri Aruna. Tim Warner/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Tim Warner / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

The Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF), at the weekend named Quadri Aruna, Offiong Edem, Olajide Omotayo and Fatimo Bello as Nigeria’s flagbearers at the 2024 ITTF African Cup and Olympics qualification tournament billed for Kigali, Rwanda, from May 12 to 18.

According to the prospectus of the tournament, 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’s categories, will present three players each. Rwanda will present four men and four women as the host country.

In the list of participants released by the continental table tennis ruling body, 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.

At the qualification tournament, Aruna will be eyeing his fourth Olympic Games appearance as Egypt will not be competing because they had already picked their tickets at the 2023 African Championships in Tunisia.

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