With the go of Christiana Alabi, Abiola Adesope, and Kayode Alabi from the desk tennis tournament of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Video games, Staff Nigeria’s medal hope now rests on Isau Ogunkunle towards Frenchman Maxime Thomas within the males’s Elegance 4 quarterfinals on Wednesday (lately), PUNCH Sports activities Difference stories.
3 Nigerian avid gamers exited the medal race on Tuesday as the rustic continues to attempt within the tournament in Paris.
Within the males’s singles magnificence 9, Abiola Adesope misplaced in instantly prepared to his French opponent Lucas Didier by means of 3-0 (11-9, 11-4, 11-6) of their spherical of 16 fit.
Christiana Alabi fought very crisp, specifically within the utmost two units of her fit, however misplaced to her Chilean opponent Tamara Leonelli by means of 3-1 (11-8, 11-5, 10-12, 12-10) within the spherical of 16 as neatly.
Alabi’s husband, Kayode Alabi, additionally bowed out nearest shedding his quarter-final fit towards Thailand’s Rungroj Thainiyom in school 6.
The Asian participant used to be too excellent for the Nigerian, profitable the fit 3-0 (7-11, 1-11, 6-11).
Nigeria’s marketing campaign had began badly utmost while, with early exits within the combined doubles.
Thus far, Nigeria’s best medal on the Video games has been received by means of para-badminton participant Eniola Bolaji, who claimed bronze on Monday.
She made historical past as the primary African athlete to win a medal in para-badminton. She completed the feat within the Ladies’s Singles SL3 section, defeating her Ukrainian opponent, Oksana Kozyna, in instantly units 2-0 (21-9, 21-9) to win Nigeria’s first Paralympics medal in Paris.