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Offiong qualifies, Oshonaike, Omotayo out The Punch
Published 25 July 2021
Nigeria’s Edem Offiong advanced to the second round of the women’s singles event of the 2020 Olympic Games with an emphatic 4-1 win over Hungary’s Dora Madarasz at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Saturday.
Offiong, ranked 123 in the world, showed her dominance in the encounter beating the Hungarian 11-8, 11-9, 11-9, 9-11, 11-4 to book a spot in the second round, where she will battle American Lily Zhang, who is ranked 31 in the latest ITTF rankings.
The Nigerian is making her third appearance at the Olympics after previously featuring at the 2012 and 2016 editions. The win is the second in her Olympics career after previously beating Fiji’s Sally Yee at the 2012 edition.
Nigeria’s Olufunke Oshonaike who is making her seventh Olympic Games appearance at Tokyo 2020 was humbled badly 1-4 by USA’s Juan Liul in the women’s table tennis event yesterday.
With the result, Oshonaike has crashed out and will be heading home in the next 48 hours. Liul won the first match 11-7.
The American went ahead to take the next two sets at 11-3 and 11-4 before Oshonaike fought back to win the fourth set at 13-11.
She lost the fifth set at 11-4.
Meanwhile, history was made at the table tennis competition on
Saturday when Syria’s 12-year-old Hend Zaza became the youngest Olympian in any sport since 1968 by competing in the Women’s Singles preliminary round for the first time.
Tokyo Olympics 2020, Live Updates on July 24: Judo star Naohisa Takato wins first gold medal for hosts Japan IndiaToday.in
Japan win their 1st gold medal of Tokyo 2020
Naohisa Takato won the final of the men s 60kg judo to give host nation Japan their first gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, defeating Yang Yung-wei of Taiwan in the final.
Takato s victory underscored Japan s strength at a sport that originated in the country. Bronze medals went to Yeldos Smetov of Kazakhstan and Luka Mkheidze of France.
The dramatic victory that left Takato in tears stood in contrast to the lack of fans at an empty arena at the Nippon Budokan, a mecca of Japanese martial arts and concert venues.
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