Toriola's appearance at Rio 2016 will be the most by an African in any game, and he has hence composed himself into African wearing history.
"I am extremely amped up for this accomplishment, I never thought I could be playing a seventh Olympic Amusements in my profession.
"I am regarded that I left a mark on the world as the African to accomplish this deed,'' he said in the wake of accomplishing the stunning deed.
The four time All-African Recreations champion, who made his Olympic debut back at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Diversions, however expressed that it was somewhat troublesome for him.
"This is on account of I played under a considerable measure of weight. I was the most loved for this competition, and I must be wary in my recreations, as a large portion of the players needed to beat me.
"I guaranteed I was not very positive about every one of my matches and played against them precisely.''
Toriola said he was happy he made it and communicated the trust of now concentrating on the arrangement for Rio, saying that was the extremely imperative viewpoint for him.
The News Office of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 41-year-old had beaten Togo's Mawussi Agbetoglo 11-7, 12-10, 11-9, 11-6 to join table tennis' band of legends.
He joined any semblance of Jean-Michel Saive (Belgium), Jorgen Persson (Sweden) and Zoran Primorac (Croatia) in the first class gathering of players who have played at seven Olympic Games.(NAN)
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