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Twomey, 14, among three bronze medals for GB

Bly Twomey

Bly Twomey, Anna Nicholson and Olivia Broome won bronze medals for Great Britain to start day eight of the Paralympics in Paris.

Twomey, 14, claimed her second table tennis medal of the Games in the women’s WS7 singles.

Nicholson was third in the women’s S35 shot put and Broome took bronze in the women’s -50kg powerlifting.

Britain have won 77 medals, including 33 gold. Only China, who have 64 golds and 142 in total, have more.

Twomey was in semi-final action and was already guaranteed at least a bronze medal, knowing that victory over Turkey’s Kubra Korkut would have promoted her to at least a silver.

The teenager got off to the perfect start to her semi-final, winning the first two sets 11-9 and 11-7.

Korkut, 30, more than twice Twomey’s age, fought back in the later sets to win the semi-final 3-2. She won the third set 11-6 and the fourth 11-5.

In the fifth and deciding set, Korkut took a 6-0 lead before taking it with an 11-5 victory following a fightback from Twomey.

Twomey won bronze in the WD14 women’s doubles alongside Felicity Pickard earlier in the Games.

 

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