MADRID, 10 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish delegation present at the European Paralympic Table Tennis Championships that took place in the English town of Sheffield won a total of five medals, after the two bronzes from Álvaro Valera (class 6) and Eduardo Cuesta (class 11 ), a silver and two more bronzes were added in the doubles.
The couple formed by Miguel Ángel Toledo and Iker Sastre, current runner-up in the world, could not win the continental title in the MD4 class. The Spanish were the only ones to reach a final after
beat the Slovaks Martin Ludrovsky and Jan Riapos in an exciting match decided by 3-2 (8-11, 11-7, 8-11, 11-9 and 12-10).
However, in the fight for gold, after another highly contested and highly tense match, Toledo and Sastre could not beat the Frenchmen Julien Michaud and Fabian Lamirault, who took the title 3-2 (10-12, 11- 7, 12-10, 9-11 and 11-6).
For their part, in the MD14 class, Alberto Seoane and Alejandro Díaz won a valuable bronze medal after losing in the semifinals against the Danes Peter Rosenmeir and Henrik Brammer by 3-0 (11-7, 11-7 and 12- 10). Same prize in the MD18 class for Ander Cepas and Jorge Cardona, who lost in the semifinals against the Ukrainians Lev Kats and Ivan Mai by 3-0 (11-7, 11-4 and 11-6).