Nigerian table tennis player, Olajide Omotayo, lost 4-1 to Iran’s Noshad Alamiyan in the men’s table tennis singles Round of 64 at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Omotayo’s defeat spells the end of his hopes for glory in the table tennis singles event at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
The Nigerian ping-pong star, who was eliminated in the first round of his debut at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, began his quest with a good first set.
In an unexpected turn of events, Omotayo was outmatched by Alamiyan, who took the next two sets decisively, winning every point in the final two.
Meanwhile, Nigeria’s Fatimo Bello will compete in the women’s singles tournament on Monday against France’s Jia Nan Yuan at 9:00 a.m.
