South Korea topped 25 other countries in the PARA Table Tennis Thailand tournament for disabled athletes at the National Indoor Sports Arena in Pattaya.
With both individual and team competitions, the Aug. 4-6 tournament saw Japan collect the second-most medals and Thailand tied for third with Ukraine.
Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome and Rear Adm. Osoth Phawilai, president of the Sports Association for the Disabled of Thailand, opened the tournament, which will help the disabled athletes develop their skills before competing in the SEA Games in South Korea and collect qualification points for the 2016 Paralympics in Brazil.
South Korean players finished first and second in the Team category Class 2.
Participating in the match were Algeria, Australia, Canada, China, Czech, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Macau, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Ukraine, and the United States.
In the male singles classes 1-4, winners were Cho Jae Kwan of South Korea, Yezyk Oieksander of Ukraine, Kim Jeong-Seok of South Korea, and Chaiwut Wanchai of Thailand.
In the female Class 3 and Class 4-5 matches, winners were Asayut Dararat of Thailand and Jung Young A of South Korea, respectively.
The male team classes 1-3 were all won by South Korea. Taiwan won Class 4. Thailand placed second in two of the categories.
Thailand take on Australia in one of the qualifying rounds.
Asayut Dararat of Thailand (green shirt) won the Female Single category Class 3 title.
A Danish player overcomes his disabilities to demonstrate his skills at table tennis.
