2022 Commonwealth Games: Team Nigeria qualify for Table Tennis semi-finals
By Ijeoma Okigbo

Team Nigeria on Sunday booked a semi-final slot in the mens Table Tennis Team event at the on-going Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, the United Kingdom.

After a sluggish start at NEC Hall 3 on Sunday, an inspired Nigerian side, led by Quadri Aruna, bounced back to defeat Malaysia 3-2, booking a semi-final spot against India on Monday.

In the Doubles event, the duo of Javen Choong and Qi Shen beat Nigerias Bode Abiodun and Olajide Omotayo 3-1 (6-11, 12-10, 12-10,11-7).

The singles event saw Malaysias Chee Feng Leong lose1-3 to Quadri Aruna (9 -11, 11-6, 5 -11 and 5-11) while Abiodun lost 0-3 to Qi Shen Wong. (10-12, 12 -14, 5-11)

In the third singles game, Leong lost 1-3 (8-11, 11-9, 7-11, 6-11) to Omotayo while the last game also saw Jave Choong succumb to Aruna 1-3 (11-7, 8-11, 5-11, 9-11).

Meanwhile, Edidiong Umoafia clinched a bronze medal for Nigeria in the mens 67kg Weightlifting event earlier in the day.

Umoafia lifted a combined 290kg in Snatch as well as Clean and Jerk categories to get on the podium.

In the boxing event, Nigerias Adeyinka Benson defeated his Ghanaian opponent Abubakari Kwesi Quartey 3-2 in Round 16 of the mens over 71kg-75kg Middleweight category.

Benson has progressed to the quarterfinals. (NAN)(www.nannews.ng)

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Edited by Alli Hakeem

Source: NAN News