Para Table Tennis
Highlights
In Para table tennis, athletes are grouped across a total of 11 sport classes, which reflect the degree and type of impairment. Sport classes 1 to 10 group athletes with a physical impairment or cerebral palsy, where 1 means the most severe and 10 the less severe condition.
Athletes in sport classes 1 to 5 compete in wheelchairs while those in sport classes 6 to 10 compete in a standing position. Sport class 11 is reserved for athletes with intellectual impairment. This sport was included in the Paralympic program in 1960 and in the Mexico City 1999 Parapan American Games.
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Chilean team members Manuel Echevaguren and Gustavo Castro faced off Brazil in Para table tennis match at the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games.
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Brazil took gold in different Para table tennis class events at the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games.
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Argentina took several medals in different Para table tennis competitions at the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games.
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Para table tennis athlete Julian Chinchilla from Colombia took bronze in class 9-10 team competition at the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games.
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Argentinian Para table tennis athletes Gabriel Copola, Mauro Depergola and Elías Romero claimed bronze medals in a tough match at the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games.
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Brazilian athletes Joyce de Oliveira, Merliane Santos and Thais Severo showed their talent in Para table tennis match at the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games.
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Brazilian athletes Joyce Oliveira and Merliane Santos face off Mexican team and took the victory in Para table tennis competition at the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games.
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The Brazilian pair Paulo Salmin and Franciso Melo managed to win in a tight match against the US at the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games.
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Chilean team members Manuel Echevaguren and Gustavo Castro faced off Brazil in Para table tennis match at the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games.
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Brazil took gold in different Para table tennis class events at the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games.
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