Table tennis player Peter Pálos won a bronze medal in the MS11 category at the Paralympics in Paris. The athlete from Városi SE Dunakeszi, who celebrated his 39th birthday last week, has already secured a place on the podium by winning his quarter-final on Wednesday , as there are no bronze matches held in this sport.
In the semi-final on Thursday, 17-year-old Cen Po-jen was the opponent for the Hungarian para-athlete, and he lost against him 3:0.
In the first match at Arena 4 in South Paris, the Hungarian competitor tried to control the movements of the ball, but many mistakes entered his attacks, and as a result he was under a disadvantage In the second set as well, Pálos angrily admitted 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, amazing ball sessions, but these were won almost without exception by the competitor, who thus doubled his advantage.
At the beginning of the third act, Pálos led, but after 5-4, Csen turned around and reached the final after a short wait.
Speaking to M4 Sport, he decided that he should “give about 150 per cent” in this match, and if his opponent had played weaker than himself, he would have to be “a game of fifty and a half”.
He also talked about how he wasn’t angry, he was just annoyed when he felt he was doing worse than a simple joke.
“Of course, I got poisoned at times, I tried, but unfortunately the truth was there. He’s seventeen years old, and I was just thirty-nine, that’s how it is”
– he drew the scales.
Born with moderate intellectual disability, Pálos won gold medals in London and Tokyo, and currently bronze medals in Rio de Janeiro.
“Each coin had its own story. This is at least as valuable as Tokyo gold, I see it as, if not more valuable.”he appeared.
Pedar Pálos won the fifth medal of the Hungarian delegation in Paris, the second bronze medal after two golds and one silver.
Source: MTI
