Egypt Junior Open: Nigeria clinches 4 gold, 3 bronze medals
Nigeria won a total of seven medals from the Egypt Junior and Cadet Open Championship, which ended in Cairo, Egypt on Friday. The medals comprise, four gold and three bronze medals.
The gold medalists are, Tosin Oribamise, two gold), and Abayomi Animashaun and Amadi Omen, a gold
each.
The bronze medal winners are, Michael Obayomi and Animashaun in the Cadet boys team as well as another bronze by Oribamise, Akoke Ojomo and Alimot Ayinla.
Also in the junior boys, Nurudeed Hassan, Olasunkanmi Oginni and Amadi Omen won another bronze.
However, in some of the final matches, it was hard-fought battle between Nigeria and Egypt in the cadet girls doubles, the pair of Nigeria’s Oribamise and Tunisia’s Fadwa Garci prevailed over the pair Egyptians Roa Amro and Farida Badawy, in a match that ended in straight sets — 11-8,11-7,11-6.
And in the cadet girls singles Oribamise recorded straight sets defeat of Egyptian Rolan Hesham 11-4,11-6 and 11-7.
In the mini cadet boys singles Animashaun secures straight sets defeat of Egyptian Yehia Saad, 11-9,11-9 and 11-3.
In cadet boys singles, Nigeria’s Amadi Omen handed out a straight sets defeat of Egyptian Marwan Abdelwahab 11-9,11-5 and 11-7.
Oribamise who could not express her happiness after clinching two gold medals and a silver said: “I am excited at the medals that I won’’.
According to her I could not believe at a point that I achieved all that.
“I thank God for being able to achieve this. I wasn’t by my power alone but by God’s grace. I played my hearts out but everyone was here to win and the Egyptians gave me a tough time’’.
Animashaun who clinched a gold and one bronze at his debut international outing said it was a dream come true.
“I feel great and I am happy that my training exercises have not been in vain. This record will also spur me to do better,” he said.
(NAN)