Team Nigeria at the weekend won the bronze medal in the women’s doubles event in wheelchair tennis at the ongoing 2023 Africa Para Games in Accra, Ghana.
The duo of Foluke Shittu and Kafayat Omisore defeated Tanzania’s Lucy Shirima and Rehema Selemani 2-0 (7-5, 6-4) in the third-place match.
Nigeria had lost to African number one doubles Champions, Najwa Awane and Samira Benichi of Morocco 0-2 (2-6, 6-7) in the semifinal match on Friday.
Kafayat Omisore in an exclusive interview with PREMIUM TIMES, said she feels fulfilled attending the Africa Para Games and winning a bronze medal for Nigeria at the maiden edition.
Omisore revealed that she sacrificed her investments and time in training hard for the Games and it would have been disastrous not making an appearance at the Games.
She said, “I am happy that wheelchair basketball won Nigeria’s first medal at the Africa Para Games in Ghana. We intended to win a gold medal for the country in the women’s double…