The World Table Tennis Championships had a helpless scene: the famous player withdrew from the game with food poisoning, and the whole team insisted on playing 2 games and automatically conceded defeat
On February 17, Beijing time, the Busan World Table Tennis Championships was in full swing, and the Nigerian team from Africa had a sad scene: because only three athletes signed up, and Aruna, the number one main player, withdrew due to food poisoning, the whole team gave up the first game with the Japanese team the day before, and chose to insist on playing two games after meeting the Chinese Taipei team the next day, and finally automatically admitted defeat, which is indeed not easy.
The Chinese Taipei men's team won a big victory in this battle, Lin Yunru and Gao Chengrui won 2 consecutive 3-0, and the battle between Zhuang Zhiyuan and Aruna was automatically judged to be the victory, and the two teams ended their debut at the World Table Tennis Championships, which is really emotional!
The Nigerian men's team is a powerhouse in the African table tennis world, and its "first brother" Aruna is a famous player who has defeated Liang Jingkun, Bol, Zhuang Zhiyuan, Zhang Benzhihe and others, and has reached the men's singles quarterfinals of the Olympic Games, the highest ranking in the top ten in the world, and the strength is very strong, so even if the overall strength of the whole team is not good, Aruna still has hope to score points - unfortunately an accident happened.
On the day of the World Table Tennis Championships on February 16, Aruna was unable to play due to food poisoning and played against the Japanese men's team led by Tomokazu Zhangmoto, and they signed up for the event with a total of three athletes, so if one is missing, they are destined to not win against any team.
As mentioned earlier, the Nigerian men's team did not play against Japan in the first game, so it was judged that they would lose outright. But after the arrival of February 17, the Nigerian men's team still decided to compete in the World Table Tennis Championships, so we saw two other players on the court to face strong opponents.
After the start of the match, Omotayo took the lead and played against Chinese Taipei's rising star Gao Chengrui, but he was not only swept 0-3, but also ate a single game, and in the second set, Abiton appeared against the super strong Lin Yunru, and the result was also 0-3.
According to the arrangement, the third set was played by Aruna against world champion Zhuang Zhiyuan - 8 years ago, Aruna defeated Zhuang Zhiyuan and reached the quarterfinals of the men's singles at the Rio Olympics, but this time he still failed to play because his body did not recover, so he was directly judged to lose 0-3, which also made fans sigh.
It seems that there are no trivial matters inside and outside the court, I hope that the national table tennis can also pay attention to hygiene in South Korea this time, and do not repeat the mistakes of Aruna and the Nigerian team, this time they are really a profound lesson!