Three Nigerian Para-Table Tennis Players are participating at the world Paralympic Table Tennis qualifiers holding in Slovenia.
The players who departed Nigerian shores Tuesday night with Turkish airline include, Faith Obiorah, Francis Chukwuemeka and Nasiru Sule.
The trio are under the supervision of Coach Sunday Odebode of the Para-table tennis fame and fondly referred to as ‘Able Consultant’ . The championship which runs from June 2 to June 6 is the last stage of the Olympic qualifiers in the event.
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Chairman of the Para-Table Tennis, Anderson Bankole, disclosed in Lagos that he remains optimistic that the athletes would put up good performances in Slovenia by picking more Tokyo 2020 Paralympic tickets for the country.
Bankole who is a serving commissioner of police said considering Nigeria’s pedigree in global table tennis, the trio will not disappoint.
It is on record that Nigeria has already qualified six Para-Table Tennis players for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
Those already through include Tajudeen Agunbiade, Femi Talabi, Koleosho Ahmed, Ogunkunle Isau, Faith Obazuaye and Victor Farinloye.