Portugal claims table tennis title at 1st European Games

Portugal’s Marcos Freitas, Tiago Apolónia and João Geraldo will be remembered as the first national team to win the table tennis gold medal at the 1st European Games, a multi-sport event being held in Baku, Azerbeijan between June 12 and 28.

The Portuguese national team beat France 3-1 in the final, which took place on Monday (June 15). This was Portugal’s second gold medal less than a year after winning the European Team Championship in October.