African Table Tennis Federation president, Khaled El-Salhy, has hailed Nigeria's Aruna Quadri following the feat he achieved at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Brazil.
The recently-clocked 28-year old athlete became the first African to reach the Olympics quarter finals after beating former world number one, Timo Boll 4-2 in the last eight of the men's singles event, and El-Salhy has said that it is a confirmation of Africa’s rising relevance in table tennis worldwide.
He also added that the 2014 ITTF Star Player made not just Nigeria, but the entire African continent proud in Brazil.
"I must admit that all the African players did their best in the singles, while the extra ordinary outcome was through Aruna Quadri for his superb performance against the top ITTF ranked players like Chinese Taipei’s CHUANG Chih-Yuan and Germany’s Timo BOLL."
"In my opinion the achievement of Aruna Quadri in Rio will be of great impact to Africa and all players as well as help to break all barriers, raising the ceiling of ambitious player at all World and Olympic title events regardless of their opponents," the ATTF boss said.
He added: "Simply, Aruna Quadri is perfect, full of energy and trust his skills with good preparation. He also put his mind in the game to fly the flag of Nigeria and Africa in such Olympic Games."
On what young players can emulate from Quadri, he said: "They have to follow the foot step of Aruna Quadri in terms of preparation, dedication in training and with this nothing is impossible."
Meanwhile, the newly inducted Segun Toriola into the Olympic 7s club said he won't forget the memory of Rio 2016 Olympic Games in a hurry after the former African champion was honoured by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) as the first African to feature in seven Olympic Games.
"It was a very special moment to receive the award," Toriola said.
The recently-clocked 28-year old athlete became the first African to reach the Olympics quarter finals after beating former world number one, Timo Boll 4-2 in the last eight of the men's singles event, and El-Salhy has said that it is a confirmation of Africa’s rising relevance in table tennis worldwide.
"I must admit that all the African players did their best in the singles, while the extra ordinary outcome was through Aruna Quadri for his superb performance against the top ITTF ranked players like Chinese Taipei’s CHUANG Chih-Yuan and Germany’s Timo BOLL."
"In my opinion the achievement of Aruna Quadri in Rio will be of great impact to Africa and all players as well as help to break all barriers, raising the ceiling of ambitious player at all World and Olympic title events regardless of their opponents," the ATTF boss said.
He added: "Simply, Aruna Quadri is perfect, full of energy and trust his skills with good preparation. He also put his mind in the game to fly the flag of Nigeria and Africa in such Olympic Games."
On what young players can emulate from Quadri, he said: "They have to follow the foot step of Aruna Quadri in terms of preparation, dedication in training and with this nothing is impossible."
Meanwhile, the newly inducted Segun Toriola into the Olympic 7s club said he won't forget the memory of Rio 2016 Olympic Games in a hurry after the former African champion was honoured by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) as the first African to feature in seven Olympic Games.
"It was a very special moment to receive the award," Toriola said.
African Players Must Learn From Aruna Quadri's Olympics Feat- ATTF President
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