Photo: Valentin Baus with gold medal
Valentin Baus and Tom Schmidberger secure further medals for the at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo TEAM 2021 Düsseldorf. Valentin Baus prevails in a close final against his opponent Ningning Cao from China and wins the Paralympic gold medal. After a real table tennis thriller in the final against Chinese Feng Pangfeng, Tom Schmidberger brings silver to the sports city of Düsseldorf and even has the chance to win another medal.
Much more is not possible for the para table tennis aces from TEAM 2021 Düsseldorf: Valentin Baus and Tom Schmidberger can fight for 1 x gold and 1 silver at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo. Valentin Baus, who already won silver in Rio in 2016, relegated his Chinese opponent to second place in competition class 5 with 2: 3 (4:11, 11: 7, 11: 9, 11:13, 7:11) and celebrated the greatest success of his sporting career.
Valentin Baus: “I am incredibly happy about this medal. The hard work over the years has paid off. This feeling cannot be put into words. “
Tom Schmidberger lost out in the heartbeat final yesterday and wins silver in the individual competition class 3. Schmidberger has the chance to win another medal in the team competition in the further course of the Paralympic Games. With his partner Thomas Brüchle he is traded as a hot medal candidate.
With the medals in para table tennis, the athletes of TEAM 2021 Düsseldorf build on the recent successes of their team colleagues Johannes Frey (judo mixed team, bronze) and Timo Boll (table tennis team, silver).
