PARIS (Yonhap) — South Korea has collected two silver medals on the Paris Paralympics because the competitors enters its ultimate weekend.
Yoon Ji-yu grabbed silver within the ladies’s singles (WS3 classification) in para desk tennis at South Paris Area 4 on Friday, after dropping to Andela Muzinic Vincetic of Croatia within the ultimate by the rating of 3-2 (11-7 11-8, 10-12, 10-12, 13-11).
After dropping the primary two video games, Yoon battled again to take the following two. She held a gold medal level within the deciding fifth set, main 10-9, however the Croatian received the following level to pressure deuce earlier than ultimately successful it at 13-11.
This was Yoon’s second silver medal in Paris, following her second-place end within the ladies’s doubles.
WS 3 classification is for athletes with no trunk management whose arms are minimally affected by impairment.
In wheelchair fencing, Kwon Hyo-kyeong earned silver following her 15-6 loss to Chen Yuandong of China within the ladies’s epee (Class A) gold medal bout at Grand Palais in Paris.
Kwon reached the ultimate after knocking off the defending champion, Amarilla Veres of Hungary, within the semifinals, however Chen, who received the Asian Para Video games particular person epee title final 12 months and helped China to the ladies’s foil gold in Paris on Thursday, proved to be an excessive amount of for Kwon.
Kwon stored issues shut within the opening interval, trailing solely 5-3, however Chen pushed her result in 12-4 by the tip of the following interval.
Kwon obtained to inside 13-6 within the ultimate body however did not win one other level.
Class A in epee is for fencers with good trunk management that enables them to bend ahead on assault or to bend sideways when attempting to dodge successful. Their fencing arm is totally useful they usually have decrease limb deficiency or paraplegia.
This was South Korea’s first wheelchair fencing medal since 1996. The nation’s lone gold within the sport got here on the 1988 occasion in Seoul.
By means of Friday, South Korea has 5 gold medals, 10 silver medals and 13 bronze medals to rank twentieth within the medal desk. With 28 whole medals, South Korea has already eclipsed the 24 medals from the Tokyo Paralympics three years in the past.
The Paris Paralympics will wrap up Sunday.
