Sule Qualifies For World Para Table Tennis Champs
— January 1, 2014
Atlanta 1996 Olympics bronze medalist, Nosiru Sule has
secured the ticket to the 2014 World Para Table Tennis Championships
holding in Beijing, China.
Two Nigerian players – Sule and Ahmed Koleosho featured in the men’s class five and class three of the African Championships held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
Koleosho failed to make to the qualifying stage in his event, but Sule made Nigeria proud when beyond all odds beat top rated players to the sole ticket in the category.
Five players took part in the class five of the event with one of them expected to qualify for the World Championships.
Egypt’s Ayman Zenati was seeded number one while his compatriot – Adel Ahmed Ahmed was rated number two with Nigeria’s Sule seeded number three among the five players.
To defy the odds, Sule won all his matches after beating Zenati 12-10, 12-10, 11-6, losing to Egypt’s Hassan Hefny 9-11, 7-11, 11-9, 5-11. But his top spot was ascertained when he defeated Egypt’s Ahmed 11-8, 8-11, 11-3, 11-8 as well as pummeling South Africa’s Tankiso Hata 11-4, 12-10, 11-4.This performance automatically qualified Sule as the continent’s sole flagbearer in the men’s class five category at the 2014 World Championships.
An excited Sule said that he was happy making to China, while appealing to the National Sports Commission (NSC) to support him in his quest to bring honour to Nigeria at the global tournament.
“ I am so happy to have qualified as the continent’s sole flag bearer in the men’s category of the 2014 world Para Table Tennis championship holding in China,i wiould like the NSC to come to my aid in my quest to bring honour to our great country Nigeria”. Said he.
Two Nigerian players – Sule and Ahmed Koleosho featured in the men’s class five and class three of the African Championships held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
Koleosho failed to make to the qualifying stage in his event, but Sule made Nigeria proud when beyond all odds beat top rated players to the sole ticket in the category.
Five players took part in the class five of the event with one of them expected to qualify for the World Championships.
Egypt’s Ayman Zenati was seeded number one while his compatriot – Adel Ahmed Ahmed was rated number two with Nigeria’s Sule seeded number three among the five players.
To defy the odds, Sule won all his matches after beating Zenati 12-10, 12-10, 11-6, losing to Egypt’s Hassan Hefny 9-11, 7-11, 11-9, 5-11. But his top spot was ascertained when he defeated Egypt’s Ahmed 11-8, 8-11, 11-3, 11-8 as well as pummeling South Africa’s Tankiso Hata 11-4, 12-10, 11-4.This performance automatically qualified Sule as the continent’s sole flagbearer in the men’s class five category at the 2014 World Championships.
An excited Sule said that he was happy making to China, while appealing to the National Sports Commission (NSC) to support him in his quest to bring honour to Nigeria at the global tournament.
“ I am so happy to have qualified as the continent’s sole flag bearer in the men’s category of the 2014 world Para Table Tennis championship holding in China,i wiould like the NSC to come to my aid in my quest to bring honour to our great country Nigeria”. Said he.
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