Head Coach of the Ondo State Table Tennis Association, Omoniyi Adedotun, has called on Governor OLusegun Mimiko, to assist the Nigerian and African number one Junior Table tennis player, Ojo Onaolapo, to feature in the forthcoming World Junior Table Tennis Championship in Hon Kong.
Adedotun, who praised the Ondo State Governor for improving the standard of sports, said Onaolapo who hails from Akure South ocal Government has been the pride of the state, Nigeria and Africa, having won many laurels in table tennis tournaments approved by the International Table Tennis Federation,ITTF,thus he needs to attend regular competitions to be in good form to make the country proud.
While being optimistic that Onaolapo would wn a Gold medal in the Men's Singles event at the National Sports Festival in Rivers State, the coach said Onaolapo would had scale through the semi final clash of the African Junior Championship because he could not afford a butterfly racket,stressing that the Tunisian ping ponger who beat him have access to regular international tournaments.
According to him, the International Table Tennis Federation, ITTF, has ranted Onaolapo scholarship but the young pingponger still need financial help of Ondo State Government to keep his dream of becoming the world's number One Junior champion..
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