THE President of African Table Tennis Federation (ATTF),
Khaled El-Salhy has said that the performance of Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri is a
confirmation of Africa’s relevance in table tennis worldwide. He believes the
2014 ITTF Star Player is a pride to Africa in Brazil.
He added that the heroic performance of Aruna Quadri is a
confirmation of Africa’s relevance in global table tennis. “I must admit that
all the African players did their best in the singles, while the extra ordinary
outcome was through Aruna Quadri for his superb performance against the top ITTF
ranked players like Chinese Taipei’s CHUANG Chih-Yuan and Germany’s Timo BOLL.
In my opinion the achievement of Aruna Quadri in Rio will be of great impact to
Africa and all players as well as help to break all barriers, raising the
ceiling of ambitious player at all World and Olympic title events regardless of
their opponents,” the ATTF boss said.
He added: “Simply,
Aruna Quadri is perfect, full of energy and trust his skills with good
preparation. He also put his mind in the game to fly the flag of Nigeria and
Africa in such Olympic Games.”
On what young
players can emulate from Quadri, he said: “They have to follow the foot step of
Aruna Quadri in terms of preparation, dedication in training and with this
nothing is impossible.”
For Segun Toriola, the memory of Rio 2016 Olympic Games
would live with him forever after the former African champion was honoured by
the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) as the first African to
feature in seven Olympic Games. “It was a very special moment to receive the
award,” Toriola said.
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