Women's Singles Class 7 Gold Medal Match | Table Tennis | Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

[Applause] that brings her even closer three gold medal points for the third gold at the paralympics i'm sure she saw that ball on the table already the net interfered yeah kelly fans on what a champion three consecutive paralympic table tennis titles huge congratulations for that turn around in this match and of course yes for her third consecutive paralympic title what a champion coming back from the brink safanov but what a fight she put up she really gave it her or she really really challenged the defending champion but to be able to turn things around like she did what class what character what resilience what skill the gold medal stays with the netherlands kelly vanzon taking home her third paralympic gold medal she did it in london she did it in rio she's done it again here in tokyo sharing the news i'm sure with friends and family back home rightly so what an achievement for kelly fans on women's singles class 7 final as you can see in this match statistics goes to kelly wenzon who actually won less points than victoria safonova in this match but they were proportioned correctly across the five games they played yeah unfortunately for stefanova you don't win matches based on points you win it based on games and that was a really valiant fight back from the russian paralympic committee athlete but ultimately vanzon's class and experience showed on the day shaking with excitement no doubt i don't know what time it is back home in the netherlands but i'm sure her family will still be up watching this remarkable achievement from a remarkable athlete there is a memento to take home the winning ball from this gold medal match she can add that to a collection

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