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At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Quadri Aruna finally met his match in Chinese master, Ma Long, in the quarterfinals of the men’s singles table tennis tournament. With his speedy forehand power, the Nigerian virtuoso had conquered three top players to reach the quarterfinals of the men’s singles table tennis event, the first time for an African at the Olympic Games. He defeated Taiwanese fifth seed Chuang Chih-yuan 4-0 and German star Timo Boll 4-2 in one of the biggest upset runs in table tennis history. But Long was too much to handle, and Aruna lost in four straight sets to...
