Nigeria’s queen of table tennis Funke Oshonaike made history again, on Friday, when she picked the Tokyo 2020 Olympics ticket. Oshonaike will be appearing at the global sports fiesta for the seventh time.
With this new feat, Oshonaike becomes the first African woman to do so.
She defeated Cameroon’s Sarah Hannfou 4-1 (12-10, 11-4, 4-11, 11-7, 11-6) in the deciding match to make it to the table tennis event of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
She is joined by fellow Nigerian Offiong Edem, who became the first Nigerian table tennis player to qualify for the Olympics.
Edem and Oshonaike are expected to play their last match against Tunisia and Mauritius later but their two wins have secured their places in Tokyo.
The 44-year-old first appeared at the Olympic Games in 1996 in Atlanta, USA
