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Nigeria wins 7th medal at Tokyo Paralympics
Nigeria has won a bronze medal despite losing to Australia 2-0 in the semi-finals of the men’s team class 9 to 10 event of the table tennis at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics.
The team, which comprises Tajudeen Agunbiade and Alabi Olufemi, booked a place in the semis after defeating the US 2-1 in round 16, followed by the 2-0 domination of Montenegro in the quarter-finals.
The qualification for the semi-finals guaranteed the Nigerian team a medal as there would be no bronze medal play-off in the Paralympics table tennis.
In the fixture’s doubles game, the Nigerian pair lost 1-3 to their Australian counterparts of Ma Lin and Joel Coughlan.
After losing the first set 10-12, the Nigerian team fought back to win 11-8, only to lose 10-12 and 5-11 in the third and fourth set, respectively.
Ma then came back from two sets down to beat Agunbiade 3-2 in the opening singles (8-11, 9-11, 3-11, 9-11, 8-11).
Both losing semi-finalists — Nigeria and Ukraine — will be awarded bronze medals.
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