African Games: Nigeria Wins Table Tennis’ Women Doubles’ Gold, Silver Medals - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 27, 2019
TheNigerian pair of Offiong Edem and Cecilia Akpan won the gold medal in thewomen’s doubles event of the table tennis competition at the 12thAfrican Gamesin Morocco. They beat teammates Funke Oshonaike and Fatimo Bello 3-2 to win thetop honour.
Akanand Edem started the game brightly, winning the first two sets 11-7 11-6. Butthe pair of Oshonaike and Bello rallied to win the next two sets 11-7 11-2 totake the game to deuce, where Edem and Akan prevailed 13-11 in the game’s fifthset.The Nigerian teamshad on their way to the final, beaten Kenya 3-0, Ethiopia 3-0, Chad 3-0 andSouth Africa 3-0. They went on to smash Egypt 3-1 and later 3-2, and thenAlgeria 3-2