2024-09-04 19:14:02
In a historic performance, Artemiseño paratennis player Yunier Fernández won the right to be in the final of the Paralympic Games in Paris 2024, by beating Italy’s Federico Falco in five sets.
Cuba has never won a medal in para-athletes under the five rings before. The two-time Pan-American champion finished fifth twice; This time, he already guaranteed at least the silver medal.
In epic fashion, this Wednesday in his third match in the City of Light, the tough athlete from the municipality of Guanajay defeated his opponent from Palermo, in sets of 15-13, 11-6, 4-11, 10-12 and 11 – 2 .
This time, he scored 27 points while giving up 21. But he had a streak of seven in a row and another of five.
When he resorted to spinshots, he was unrecognizable to Falco.
Davies, a former rugby player, was a hero at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, beating Korea’s Joo Young Dae in the final, who would later be crowned in Tokyo 2020. Perhaps it is time for another replacement on the table paratennis throne, favorable to Cuba. .
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