Three Nigerians, Anuoluwapo Opeyori, Victor Ikechukwu and Godwin Olofua will be competing in the semifinals of the men’s Singles Badminton event at the 13th African Games.
This means that at least one Nigerian player is guaranteed a spot in the final.
All three won their respective quarter-final matches on Saturday, to make the last four, setting up an all Nigerian semi-final in one of the two matches.
Still in the badminton event, the duo of Olofua and Opeyori reached the quarter-finals of the men’s doubles after beating Algeria 2-0 (21-13, 21-18).
The Nigerian players trailed 5-0 in the second set, but they leveled things up, and went on to win the set.
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Also on Saturday, Nigeria’s Clinton Opute was in action in the final of men’s 200m Butterfly.
Unfortunately, Opute could not make a podium finish as he placed 6th with a time of 2:09.43.
Opute was the only Nigerian swimmer who competed on the opening day of the swimming event.
Team Nigeria currently occupy fifth place in the medals table with three silver and two bronze.
Egypt is at number one with 12 gold, three silver and three bronze medals.
Algeria (three gold, three silver, seven bronze), Morocco (two gold, four silver, three bronze) and Tunisia (one gold, three silver, five bronze) are second, third and fourth respectively.
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