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living in a single room in Shomolu, Lagos with nine siblings and parents, to gambling to provide extra money for her family, to becoming a global table tennis star, Funke Oshonaike’s career took a huge leap on Saturday, when she became the first African woman to appear at seven Olympics, after she played against American Juan Liu at the Tokyo Games.

But she did bow out in style, as she entered the record books as the African female athlete with the highest appearances at the Olympics –seven.

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