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Polish paralympian duo win gold in table tennis

 Patryk Chojnowski (L) and Piotr Grudzień (R) at the Paris Paralympics. Photo courtesy of the Polish Table Tennis Association
Patryk Chojnowski (L) and Piotr Grudzień (R) at the Paris Paralympics. Photo courtesy of paralympic.org.pl
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Two paralympic table tennis players have added a third gold to Poland’s medal haul at the Paris games, beating their Chinese rivals in straight sets.

Patryk Chojnowski and Piotr Grudzień beat Chaodong Liu and Yiqing Zhao 3:0 (13:11, 11:8, 11:7) in the MD18 category on Sunday. Poland’s third gold brings the national medal tally to six (three gold, three bronze).

Grudzień had earlier bagged a bronze in the mixed doubles (XD17) with Karolina Pęk.

In a double feat, swimmer Kamil Otowski earlier won Poland’s first and second gold medals in the 100-meter and 50-meter S1 backstroke, respectively.

Another Polish paralympic athlete, Róźa Kozakowska, was stripped of a gold medal and world record in the club throw on Friday after being judged to have used unauthorized equipment.
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