China's Feng wins third straight table tennis gold at Rio Paralympics

Gold medalist Feng Panfeng (C) of China, silver medalist Thomas Schmidberger (L) of Germany and bronze medalist Florian Merrien of France.

China's Feng Panfeng won his third straight Paralympic table tennis singles class 3 title on Sunday by defeating Germany's Thomas Schmidberger three sets to one in Rio.

The 26-year-old took the match 11-5, 7-11, 11-9, 11-8 in 27 minutes at Riocentro.

It was his fourth Paralympic gold medal, having won the same event at the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Games in addition to the team class 3 title in London.

Feng's impairment is the result of the effects of polio.

Source : XINHUA