Offiong Edem became the first athlete to earn Nigeria a medal at the 13th African Games after finishing in top three in the Women’s Singles event.
A statement by the International Table Tennis Federation on Tuesday confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria.
It said the women’s singles was held at the Accra International Conference Centre.
It also stated that the Spain-based star played her best matches in the last 16 and quarter-finals when she defeated the Alhodaby twins – Marwa and Mariam – to join the league of medalists in the games.
Set up against defending champion Dina Meshref of Egypt in the semi-final, Edem caved in with 0-4 defeat to settle for a bronze medal, just like she did at the 2019 edition in Rabat, Morocco.
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She said: “I am so happy that we were able to attend the last World Championships in Korea and this really helped my game a lot.
“I want to thank the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF) for their support and I believe attending such a competition really helped me personally here in Ghana.
“The Egyptians are ahead of us because they attend more competitions than us and we hope we can get such support to return to the top of the game in Africa.”