By Daniel AkinolaNigeria’s star continued to rise on the ongoing ITTF World Para Future holding in Amman, Jordan, with Religion Obazuaye and Bolawa Akingbemisilu, including two gold medals to the nation’s whole haul. Additionally they grew to become champions within the Ladies’s Class 9-10 and Males’s Class 4-5 singles occasions, respectively. Abiola Adesope added a silver medal from the Males’s Class 9, whereas Isau Ogunkunle and Kehinde Lawal additionally claimed silver of their occasions. Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Video games bronze medallist and former Commonwealth Video games medallist, Kape Oputa, completed with bronze medals within the Males’s Class 9 and Ladies’s Class 4-5 singles occasions. Akingbemisilu triumphed over his compatriot, Ogunkunle, with a 3-2 victory to win the Males’s Class 4-5, whereas Obazuaye defeated Lawal 3-1 to clinch the Ladies’s Class 9-10 title. Within the Males’s Class 9, Adesope was bested by Iurii Nozdrunov 3-2 within the remaining, settling for silver. Agunbiade, who misplaced to Nozdrunov within the semifinal, took house a bronze medal. Oputa additionally secured a bronze after a 3-2 loss to Rusul Al Waeli of Iraq. With the singles occasions concluded, Crew Nigeria has now shifted focus to the doubles, the place they aimed for extra medals that may make them the perfect crew within the competitors.
On the opening day, Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Video games bronze medallist Olufemi Alabi secured Nigeria’s first gold medal within the Males’s Class 10. The eight-member Nigerian crew, comprising 5 males and three girls, are in Jordan to earn rating factors forward of the African Championships later this 12 months. Sponsored by the Nationwide Sports activities Fee (NSC), that is their first main competitors of the 12 months and their first worldwide outing for the reason that Paris 2024 Paralympic Video games. The crew is coached by Nosiru Sule and Gbenga Olanipekun.
