The hope of Nigerian duo of Aruna Quadri and Olajide Omotayo finishing on the podium in men’s singles table tennis has been dashed.
Aruna got eliminated in the round of 64 in men’s Singles Table Tennis by Eduard Ionescu of Romania in a comeback game of 4-3 at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Aruna, who is competing at his fourth consecutive Olympic Games took charge of the first three sets, dominating in style with a sequence of 11-8, 11-9, 11-6 in what was already looking like a clean sweep until things suddenly changed.
Omotayo on his part fell 4-1 to the Iranian Noshad Alamiyan despite starting strongly.
The Nigerian International won the first game 11-6, only to lose 11-5, 11-4, 12-10, 11-8 to crash out.
