This Saturday, the women’s table tennis team won the bronze medal in the team tournament at the 2023 European Games in Krakow, beating France 3-0 in the third-place qualifier.
Fu Yu (World No. 30) and Mathilde Pinto (No. 340) beat Camille Lutz (No. 91) and Pritika Pawade (No. 68) in doubles 3–1 (11–4). , 9–11, 11–7 and 11). -4), and Zheny Shao (44th) beat Nan Yuan (20th) in “black” (6-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-7 and 11-7), and Fu Yu closed match against Pavade 3–1 (11–8, 7–11, 11–7 and 11–9).
After a meeting in which the French, ranked eighth in the world rankings, met the Portuguese, ranked 11th, at the Hutnik Arena, the team under the command of Xie Juan, which also includes Ines Matos, won their fifth table tennis medal at the European games. This is for the gold of Fu Yu in Minsk-2019 and the men’s teams in Baku-2015, in addition to the silver of Marcos Freitas already at this tournament and the men’s bronze in Minsk-2019.
Portugal won 14 podiums in Krakow 2023, of which three golds, seven silvers and four bronzes have already been won.
The third European Games will take place until Sunday in Krakow and in the Polish region of Lesser Poland, with a program of 30 sports and 48 participating countries, including Portugal, with a delegation of more than two hundred athletes.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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