Egypt continued her dominance over Nigeria by claiming gold medal in the table tennis team event for men and women category respectively
Egypt’s Omar Assar, Youssef Abdelaziz, and Mohamed El-Beiali defeated Nigeria’s Olajide Omotayo, Quadri Aruna, and Taiwo Mati to maintain their unbeaten run in the men’s event.
Nigeria is currently ranked fourth behind Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia — with three silver and two bronze in the medal table at the Games.
Assar defeated Omotayo 3-0 in the first game, while Abdelaziz finally halted Aruna’s dominance with a 3-1 win. In the third game, El-Beiali edged Mati 3-1 to complete the 3-0 rout for the Egyptians.
In the women’s category, the trio of Offiong Edem, Hope Udoaka and Fatimo Bello also fell to the Egyptians on the final.
They were overpowered by Dina Meshref, Hana Goda and Marian Alhodaby.
The Egyptian ladies have dominated the event since dethroning Nigeria at the 2019 edition of the African Games in Maputo
In the history of the African games, Nigeria has won the women’s title seven times, from 1978 to 2007, while Egypt’s dominance in the women’s event started in 2011.
