2024-09-11 02:48:41
The Chillán native made history on Tuesday and will become Chile’s youngest medalist at the Paralympic Games.
Team ParaChile continues to bring joy to the country in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Now it was the turn of Florence Perezwho at just 15 years old made history in the national sport by advancing to the semi-finals of for table tennis in the WS8 category, and by the way, secure a new medal for the Chilean delegation.
The para athlete defeated the French Thu Kamkasomphou with a resounding 3-0, after taking the sets by 11-9, 11-5 y 11-9 in front of the local public who did not stop supporting their rival.
For the pass to the final, the representative of Chile will face the Chinese Wenjuan Huang (2) it is Friday, September 6 at 6:00 a.m. (Chile time)In this discipline there is no dispute for the bronze, so a medal has already been secured.
In this way, Florencia Pérez will become the youngest medalist in the history of Chile and will add the Fourth medal for Team ParaChile at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. This follows the three bronze medals won by the legendary para swimmer Alberto Abarza.
Florencia Pérez’s happiness after achieving her historic passage to the semi-final of para table tennis
After her victory, the 15-year-old from Chillán said that she feels “very good, honestly, I already secured the First medal for table tennis and being the youngest. Also, beating a French player at home is a double merit.”
Along those lines, Pérez said: “The sports psychology that I have been working on for a while has borne fruit. Santiago 2023 It was something similar, but in my favor and I feel that I worked a lot with him public to get the game going.”
To close, the table tennis player said that “I feel like I won the match against the French and the public in their favorsince everything was more difficult, but I feel that I was able to handle my nerves well and the game and that ends up being what is important.”
Where to watch Florencia Pérez and Team ParaChile live at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games?
You can follow the participation of Team ParaChile athletes in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games at Open TV through Chilevisión. While on the way streaming, All the action will be broadcast on the Claro Sports YouTube channel and the online channel Chilevisión.cl.