Nigeria will begin the quest for medals in the table tennis competition of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris with Quadri Aruna taking on Romania\u2019s Eduard Ionescu on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Aruna will face Ionesco in a first round match of the men\u2019s singles event.<\/p>\n
The pairing emerged following the event\u2019s draw on Wednesday at the South Paris Arena, the venue of the competition.<\/p>\n
It presents the Nigerian an opportunity to gain revenge against the Romanian who beat him 2-3 in the semi-finals of the European Champions League.<\/p>\n
Teammate Olajide Omotayo faces Iran\u2019s Noshad Alamiyan in another first round pairing on Saturday.<\/p>\n
In the women\u2019s singles, Offiong Edem has Brazil\u2019s Bruna Takahashi to contend with, while debutant Fatimo Bello will face Chinese-born French player Jia Nana Yuan.<\/p>\n
Events in the table tennis competition at the Paris Games will run from Saturday to August 10 at the South Paris Arena.<\/p>\n
There are five medal events in the competition \u2014- men\u2019s and women\u2019s singles, mixed doubles and men\u2019s and women\u2019s team.<\/p>\n
The medal matches for women\u2019s singles will also take place on August 3, while the men\u2019s singles medal matches hold on August 4.<\/p>\n
The medal matches for the mixed doubles will take place on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Also, the medal matches for the men\u2019s team event are on August 9, with the women\u2019s version taking place on August 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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