Oshonaike set to qualify for record 8th Olympic Games

Olufunke Oshonaike is just one win away from setting a new record as the first African to qualify for the eight Olympic Games as her partnership with Olajide Omotayo have qualified for the final of the mixed doubles event at the ongoing ITTF African Championships in Tunis.

After losing the two Olympic Games slots available in the team event to Egypt, Nigeria will again slug it out with the North African giant in the mixed doubles event which serves as the qualifying event for the Olympic Games

Oshonaike and Olajide Omotayo are just a win from picking an Olympic Games ticket in the mixed doubles event after beating their Tunisian counterparts 3-0 to set up a final clash against the Egyptian pair.

The win would surely give Oshonaike the record as the first table tennis player in the world to qualify for eight Olympic Games.

Oshonaike and Omotayo are expected to slug it out against their Egyptian counterparts in the final on Friday September 15 to decide the qualifying pair for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.