Rio Paralympics: Nigeria in quarter-finals of men’s table tennis team event

Last updated: 2016/09/14 at 11:21 PM

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A banner with the Olympic logo for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games seen at the Olympic Tennis Centre of the Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 11, 2015. AFP PHOTO / YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP / YASUYOSHI CHIBA (Photo credit should read YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images)

Team Nigeria recorded good success on Wednesday in the table tennis competition of the 2016 Paralympics Games in Rio, qualifying for the quarter-finals in the team event.

In the round one of the men’s team – class 4-5 event, the pair of Ahmed Koleosho and Chinedu Nick beat their Polish opponents 2-1.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that they beat the pair of Rafal Lis and Krzysztof Zylka 3-0 2-3 3-1.

The Nigerian team’s victory earned them a place against Turkey later in the day in the quarter-finals.

NAN reports that the Games will come to an end on Sunday.