Two Nigerians, John Peters and Cecilia Arinye have been appointed by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) as umpires for the table tennis event of Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympics Games.
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Both experienced umpires are included among the 47 officials enlisted by ITTF to officiate table tennis games
The performance of the duo at the 11th All Africa Games in Brazzaville in 2015 played a major role in their selection.
The longest-serving table tennis umpire in Nigeria, Peters will oversee tennis matches at the Olympics while Arinye, who is the director of sports at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), will officiate the Paralympics.
It would be recalled that Arinye is the first female Nigerian table tennis umpire to officiate in an international competition when she officiated at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
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Algeria and Egypt umpires were also confirmed for the tournament. Algerian duo, Mouhssene Yahia-Cherif and Abdellah Boudjehem, will officiate the Olympics and Paralympic Games respectively; Egyptian pair, Magdy Edriss and ElSaied Ragab, oversee the games too.
With 15 officials, Europe has the highest number of referees on duty in Rio 2016, followed by Asia with 13, and Africa has 6.
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