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December 20, 2019
Over 194 players from four African countries are taking partin the maiden edition of the ValueJet Para Table-Tennis Open in Lagos.
The three-day competition is on-going at the MoladeOkoya-Thomas Indoor Sports Hall, Teslim Balogun Stadium Lagos, which hasparticipating players from Nigeria, South Africa, Morrocco and Algeria.
The fifth country, Egypt, could not make it to Nigeria forthe championship.
The tournament referee, John Peters said that the players,comprising 105 males and 89 females, were classified in standing and sittingclasses.
Peter noted that the competition would give Nigerianpara-players the opportunity to play against their international counterparts.
He said the championship would also serve as a qualifyingtournament for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics for some of the Nigerian players.
The winners of the female category in single class one, two,three four, and five will go home with, five hundred dollars, while the second prize will get three hundred dollars and  the third will go homewith 150 dollars each.