23 December 2024
An Olympic and Paralympic year is always special and 2024 was no different. Players delivered performances to be proud of around the world, bringing back medals aplenty.
New names came onto the scene, while we also bade farewell to others as they left the behind the legacy of a burgeoning talent pool.
Among the high points were Daniel Bethell and Krysten Coombs’ Paralympic medals at Paris 2024.
Both headed to Paris with a medal from the Tokyo Games already in their collection and Coombs upgraded his Tokyo bronze to silver in stunning fashion.
Despite losing out in the SH6 men’s singles final, Coombs delivered up one of the moments of the Games as he played home favourite and close friend Charles Noakes in a thrilling showpiece.
Earlier on the same day, Bethell had repeated his Tokyo feat with silver in the SL3 men’s singles, just losing out to India’s Kumar Nitesh in the final, 14-21 21-18 21-23.
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