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First staged in 2019, Lahti is the host for the 2022 Finland Para Open, play commencing on Friday 9th September. Notable names return from the inaugural edition, players intent on repeating the success of three years earlier. In the men’s singles events, Chinese Taipei’s Cheng Ming-Chih, defends his class 5 title as does Sweden’s Niklas […]

On the opening day of play at the Finland Para Open in Lahti, the men’s singles wheelchair category events witnessed surprises; that policy continued on the second day of action, Saturday 10th September. Japan’s Masanori Uno, Frenchman François Geuljans and Slovakia’s Boris Travincek all emerged unexpected winners. Masanori Uno secured class 2 gold accounting for […]

Furthermore, there were wins for the host nation’s most prominent players; semi-final places being secured. In the men’s singles events, Mohamed Saleh (Class 4), Sayed Youssef (Class 7) and Abdelrahman Abdelwahab (Class 10) all emerged unbeaten in their opening phase group contests to reserve penultimate round places. Likewise, for top seeded names, there was notable […]

Belgium's Paralympians are set to be given a boost by the Antwerp 10 Miles race this weekend.

By Ian Marshall Secure defensive skills secured the women’s singles class 11 title for Elena Prokofeva; remaining calm, waiting for her adversary to make mistakes, a four games win was the order of the day (11-4, 8-11, 11-8, 11-5). Astute play crucial, no player was more astute that Ian Seidenfeld, guided by father, Mitchell; in […]

By Ian Marshall Somewhat controversially on winning the last point, he attempted to hurdle the court surrounds to greet his teammates; realizing that he was not in the same league as Javier Sotomayor he resorted to kicking over the offending barrier. Perhaps his antics could be compared with those of a more athletic Zhang Jike, […]

Le pongiste Laurens Devos a conquis son deuxième titre olympique consécutif en classe 9, samedi aux Jeux Paralympiques de Tokyo.