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Quadri battles 19 others at 2016 Men’s World Cup

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Aruna Quadri makes Olympics history at Rio
Nigerian and African champion, Aruna Quadri, will battle 19 other top table tennis players at the Liebherr 2016 ITTF Men’s World Cup to be held in Saarbrucken, Germany on October 1-3, 2016.
Quadri who made history at the just concluded Rio Olympics as the first African to qualify for the quarterfinal stage, is competing as African Cup Winner at the upcoming Men’s World Cup.
All 20 players invited to the prestigious event in Germany competed at Rio 2016, and have earned their place at the show piece event through Continental Cup qualification events throughout 2016, plus the current World Champion and a wildcard.

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China’s newly crowned Olympic Champion and Men’s World Cup defending Champion MA Long heads the invitation list as the reigning world champion, together with 2013 Champion XU Xin of China, and three time champion, 40-year-old Vladimir SAMSONOV of Belarus.
World number five Dimitrij Ovtcharov of Germany will lead the local German contingent in Saarbrucken alongside Bastin STEGER, the man he won the Rio 2016 team bronze with.
Japan’s Jun Mizutani who played the tournament of his life to win singles bronze and team silver at Rio 2016 will also be making the trip to Germany. MIZUTANI will be hoping to repeat his victory over Xu Xin at Rio 2016 to bring home another medal to Japan.
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