Paris 2024: Swedish TT Player Hits Splendid 'Snake Shot', Leaves Chinese Opponent & Audience Stunned

The competition at Paris Olympics is heating up as the tournament is reaching its final and decisive leg of the sporting carnival with the closing ceremony scheduled to be on 11th August. With stars like Novak Djokovic, Viktor Axelsen all putting on a show for their respective nations, there have been many memorable moments in the Olympics till now. 

However, in a stunning moment at Paris Olympics, Sweden's Truls Moregard absolutely stunned China's Fan Zhendong in the Gold Medal match in Men's Singles Table Tennis final with an out of the World ‘Snake Shot’. 

Snake Shot that stunned the world 

In the Table Tennis men's singles final at Paris Olympics, Sweden's 26-year old sensation Truls Moregard took on world no.4 Fan Zhendong. As it happened, the Chinese ran away with Gold Medal in the finals, however, it was still the Swedish who stole all the headlines and limelight. 

Moregard down by 3 sets to 1 and in the decisive game he was down by 9-2. There was no doubt that Zhendong was closing in on the win and the Gold medal was almost certian.

However, Moregard showed amazing courage as he pulled off an outrageous snake shot which landed on the opponent's end of table and spun back onto his table as everyone was left stunned. 

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Netizens go crazy over Moregard's Snake Shot

As soon as Moregard pulled off sorcery with his snake shot, the internet simply went crazy and were in disbelief at what they were watching. 

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While, Moregard missed out on Gold and had to settle for Silver he certainly gave fans a moment to remember in Olympics history.