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Nigeria table tennis player Offiong Edem is psyching up her teammates representing the country in the event at the 2024 Olympic Games starting July 26 in Paris, France, The PUNCH reports.
Edem, Quadri Aruna, Olajide Omotayo, and Fatima Bello will fly the country’s flag in the event scheduled to run from 27 July to 10 August at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, with a total of 172 table tennis players participating.
Edem, 37, the oldest member of the Nigerian team, in a statement on her Instagram page, urged the rest of her teammates to succeed in Paris, urging them to deliver after putting in the work and making the sacrifices.
“The thrill of making it to the Olympic Games is still fresh, but our focus is already on the next step. I wish you all success in Paris! We’ve put in the work, made the sacrifices, and now it’s time to deliver. Let’s do this, team,” stated Edem, who secured her fourth berth at the Games at the African Olympic qualifying event in Kigali, having participated in the 2004, 2012, 2016, and 2020 editions of the quadrennial sports fiesta.
Aruna, who will be competing in the men’s singles, heads into the Games as the highest-ranked Nigerian player as the world’s number 19.
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