Aruna Quadri gets $2500 cash reward for Rio Olympics heroics
Nomso Obiajuru 21 minutes ago 1516
– Aruna Quadri gets $2500 cash reward for making Nigeria and Africa proud at Rio Olympics
– World number one, China’s Ma Long salutes Quadri for putting up a good fight after beating him in the quarter final
Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri has been rewarded for being the first African to make it to the last eight of the men’s singles of table tennis event.
This follows a report on The Nation that Frot group has rewarded the 27th rated table tennis player at the Olympic Games and the 40th best player in the world with a cash reward of $2,500.
Although Quadri lost to world number one and champion, China’s Ma Long in the round of eight, Frank Momoh, the president of Frot Group said his performance has shown that with more support, table tennis has the capacity to bring more laurels to Nigeria
Aruna Quadri
Momoh said: “Despite the loss of Quadri to Ma Long, the team needs our commendation, especially as Quadri has set a new African record as the first African to reach an Olympic quarter final in table tennis.”
He also applauded the leadership of Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF)-led by Wahid Enitan-Oshodi for their efforts.
Nomso Obiajuru 21 minutes ago 1516
– Aruna Quadri gets $2500 cash reward for making Nigeria and Africa proud at Rio Olympics
– World number one, China’s Ma Long salutes Quadri for putting up a good fight after beating him in the quarter final
Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri has been rewarded for being the first African to make it to the last eight of the men’s singles of table tennis event.
This follows a report on The Nation that Frot group has rewarded the 27th rated table tennis player at the Olympic Games and the 40th best player in the world with a cash reward of $2,500.
Although Quadri lost to world number one and champion, China’s Ma Long in the round of eight, Frank Momoh, the president of Frot Group said his performance has shown that with more support, table tennis has the capacity to bring more laurels to Nigeria
Aruna Quadri
Momoh said: “Despite the loss of Quadri to Ma Long, the team needs our commendation, especially as Quadri has set a new African record as the first African to reach an Olympic quarter final in table tennis.”
He also applauded the leadership of Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF)-led by Wahid Enitan-Oshodi for their efforts.
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