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Ten gold medals on table on Day 5
Gold and bronze medal matches mark the fifth day of table tennis competition, which is set to be action packed with plenty of giant killers who have defeated defending champions. 03 Sep 2012
Natalia Partyka will defend her class 10 title at the London 2012 Paralympic Games
The second class 11 medal will also be given out on Day 5 in the men’s singles. The gold will go to either Peter Palos of Hungary or Son Byeongjun of Korea.
Ten more Paralympic titles to be settled in the last day of the individual table tennis competition.
The only female Paralympian to appear at the Olympic Games, Natalia Partyka begins the second defence of her Paralympic class 10 title.
Partyka is in superb form going into her third Paralympic gold medal final not dropping a single game in any of her matches so far, including the pool match she played against her gold medal final opponent Yang Qian of China.
Ranked number 63 in the non-disabled world-ranking list, it is clear why the Pole is the one to beat. Born without a right hand and forearm her poise and balance around the table is impeccable, and she uses a nook on her right arm to lay up each serve.
Following Will Bayley’s silver in the men’s class 7, the home side have potentially three more bronze medals to add to their table tennis haul on Day 5.
In the sitting classes Great Britain has Sara Head in women’s class 3 and Paul Davies in men’s class 1. Head has the most difficult challenge on her Paralympic debut as she faces a former champion and silver medallist from Beijing. Alena Kanova of Slovakia won gold at the Syndey 2000 Paralympic Games and has medalled at every Paralympics since. Kanova is also a keen wheelchair curler and started table tennis to fill time during her rehabilitation from a car accident.
Great Britain’s last individual table tennis medal hope is in the standing classes with 17-year-old Ross Wilson, who plays the 19-year-old Swede, Emil Andersson in the men’s singles class 8. Both athletes are making their Paralympic debut at London 2012.
The second class 11 medal will also be given out on Day 5 in the men’s singles. The gold will go to either Peter Palos of Hungary or Son Byeongjun of Korea.
Overall the final day of individual table tennis finals at London 2012 is certainly set to be action packed with plenty of giant killers who have defeated defending champions on their journey to the medal matches.