Table tennis player Péter Pálos won a bronze medal in the MS11 category at the Paris Paralympics on Thursday.
The athlete from Városi SE Dunakeszi, who celebrated his 39th birthday last week, already secured his place on the podium by winning his quarter-final on Wednesday, as bronze matches are not held in this sport.
In Thursday's semi-final, 17-year-old Taiwanese Cen Po-jen was the Hungarian para-athlete's opponent, against whom he lost 3:0.
In the first game at Arena 4 in South Paris, the Hungarian competitor tried to control the ball movements, but many errors slipped into his attacks, which resulted in him being at a disadvantage. In the second set as well, Pálos angrily acknowledged several times that his solutions were not successful, as his Asian opponent defended well, returning almost every ball. In this way, the audience could see long, spectacular ball sessions, but these were won almost without exception by the rival, who thus doubled his advantage.
At the beginning of the third act, Pálos led, but after 5-4, Csen turned it around and made it to the final after a short wait.
Born with a mild intellectual disability, Pálos won gold medals in London and Tokyo, and bronze medals in Rio de Janeiro and now.
Péter Pálos won the fifth medal of the Hungarian delegation in Paris, the second bronze after two gold and one silver.
MTI
Cover photo: Péter Pálos
Source: MTI/Szilárd Koszticsák
