Tag: para table tennis
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21 Gold Medals Handed out at ITTF Para World Championships
September 09, 2014: Singles finals day of the 2014 ITTF Para Table Tennis World Championships was a case of clean sweeps and close shaves, as more than half of the 21 finals matches ended in 3-0 score lines, with five more reaching their conclusion only with a tense fifth game. Current women’s world no.1 and…
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Ibrahim Hamato – “Nothing is impossible”
Lausanne, May 13, 2014: Seeing is believing, with Hamadtou undeniably in a league of his own. After losing his arms in a tragic train accident at ten years old, the Egyptian now plays table tennis by serving the ball through flicking it up with his foot, and playing with the bat held in his mouth.…