Faith Obazuaye has become the first Nigerian to clinch a Paralympics ticket as Team Nigeria now boasts of five qualified players so far for the highly anticipated Paris 2024 at the ongoing ITTF African Para Championships in Giza, Egypt.
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From the available 14 Paralympic Games tickets at the ongoing ITTF Africa Para Championships, Nigeria is who had the upper edge more than Egypt to the nick the highest number following the outcome of day one at the three-day qualifying tournament in Giza, Egypt has now gotten a spot following Faith’s qualification.
In class nine and 10 of the women’s singles, Kehinde Lawal and Faith Obazuaye made it easy for themselves with just one match away from picking their tickets after beating all their opponents in the group matches of the tournament.
The ITTF African Para Championships is currently happening with players showcasing the incredible skills and determination of para-athletes as well as the team spirit.
The classification services provided includes the First classification for new athletes with Physical Impairment (Max. 16 athletes), Reevaluation for already classified athletes with Physical Impairment (Max. 4 athletes) and Classification for Intellectual Impaired athletes (Max. 4 athletes).
Faith Obazuaye who is a 2022 Commonwealth Games medalist will now be heading for her second Paralympic Games after beating all her opponents in class 10 as also producing another convincing win against Egypt’s Reda Abdelaal to book the train ticket to Paris in 2024.
