ITTF’s Competition Director, Gabor Felegyi, announced Aruna’s qualification in a letter addressed to the President of Nigeria Olympic Committee and copied the President of Nigeria Table Tennis Federation.
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The announcement was made on a website run by the North Korean sports ministry.
The IOC spoke against the background of the International Women’s Day, which the world celebrates every March 8
She was named president of the Tokyo Olympic organising committee on Thursday after a meeting of its male-dominated executive board.
“We will hold the Olympics, regardless of how the coronavirus (situation) looks,” Mori said, adding that the discussion should focus on how, not whether, the Olympics will happen.
Long-time International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound made the assertion on Wednesday in London.
The Games, scheduled to start in July, were postponed for a year in March because of fears over the COVID-19 pandemic.
The International Olympic Committee has anticipated that it would have to bear costs of up to $800 million for its part of the responsibilities for the organisation of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
US President Donald Trump says he supports a one-year postponement of the Tokyo Olympics due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The worldwide coronavirus pandemic has a host of countries on lockdown as they struggle to control the killer virus
Canada have said they will not compete at the Olympic and Paralympic Games should they be held this year as other nations also plan for a one-year postponement of Tokyo 2020.
The coronavirus pandemic prompted Australia to withdraw its athletes from the 2020 Olympics on Monday.
The Aquatics Centre, which will host swimming and diving events at Tokyo 2020, was one of eight new venues built for the Summer Olympics, in addition to the athletes’ village
The continental table tennis ruling body, African Table Tennis Federation, has insisted that Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri is Tokyo bound based on his world rating.
Meanwhile, Aruna Quadri, the world number 18 ranked player, was forced to withdraw from his last qualification match against Hman Adam of Tunisia in the men’s singles due to a recurring thigh injury
Yoshiro Mori, the president of the 2020 Olympic organising committee, said this at the start of a meeting with members of the International Olympics Committee and Tokyo’s city government
Organisers aim to offset all carbon emissions generated during the Games and also use the Olympics to boost awareness of environmental issues in Japan.
Visa announced that Nigerian Athlete Divine Oduduru has been signed on to their global Team Visa programme for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
The bed frames will go with mattresses formed of polyethylene materials that will be reused for plastic products after the Games.
Sunday Adeleye, Technical Director of the Ibrahim Gusau-led faction of Athletics Federation of Nigeria on Wednesday said Nigeria has more than enough athletes to represent her during the Olympic Games.