Team Nigeria’s men’s para-table tennis team added one more bronze to the country’s kitty at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, yesterday afternoon, to raise the nation’s medals to haul to seven. With the latest addition, Nigeria is now the 23rd best country at the games.
The duo of Tajudeen Agunbiade and Olufemi Alabi, who edged out the
USA in the round of 16 and Montenegro in the quarterfinals on Tuesday,
had to settle for the bronze as they failed to find their rhythm against Ma
Lin and Joel Coughlan of Australia to push into the gold medal match.
They lost 1-3 with 10-12; 11-8; 10-12 and 5-11 in the doubles, while
Agunbiade also lost 2-3 to Ma Lin in the only singles match after taking
the first two sets.
Speaking after the encounter, Agunbiade said they put in their best but
the Australians had the technical advantage.
