This weekend, Belize table tennis athletes turned heads at the 2017 U-13 and U11 Table Tennis Championships.
A delegation of 7 athletes went to Tegucigalpa, Honduras to participate in the tournament. After 4 days of competition the pair 12 year-olds, Taye Parkinson and Devesh Hukmani, managed to make it all the way to the semi-finals in the doubles category. After a hard-fought battle, they lost to Guatemala, and won the Bronze Medals.Â
In that same tournament, Devesh Hukmani managed to distinguish himself when he won the bronze medal in the singles tournament as well. This evening, we got a chance to speak with both athletes, and their coaches about their performance. Here’s what they told us about making Belize’s presence known in the tournament:
This is the third year that Belize is competing in the tournament.
