Aida Husic Dahlen and Merethe Tveiten seemed to have connected the move in the semi-final against Germany. The Norwegian duo won the second and third sets, while the teams followed each other closely throughout the fourth set. Germany eventually won there 11-9 and took the match to a fifth and decisive set. The German duo Stephanie Grebe and Juliane Wolf stayed there with great play and won the set 11-5, and thus the match 3-2 in sets. As there is no bronze final, it ended with a bronze medal for the Norwegian duo. FOCUSED: Aida Husic Dahlen in action against Germany. Photo: Reuters – I don’t feel any joy now. The match is far too fresh now and I feel I should have done a lot more, Dahlen tells news after the match and continues: – I just shut myself in. I stopped looking at Merethe. I couldn’t get back into the game. It ruined a lot for us. It was very difficult, but hopefully you will feel the joy eventually, because it is a medal and it is big. – Was a bit gloomy The Norwegian women beat Egypt 3-0 in sets in the quarter-finals earlier on Thursday. It was also their first match in the championship. Norway was ranked number one in the tournament and was among the favorites to reach the final, but fell short at the last hurdle. In each set it was about being first to 11 points. Tveiten and Dahlen had a tough time at the start of the match and lost the first set 5-11 against the German women, who are ranked number three in the Paralympics. Then coach Marcus Sjöberg was unhappy: – Nothing happens! You have to decide. Even if you are nervous and it is difficult. And the coach got the response he wanted. Norway fought back and won the set 11-7. According to Tveiten, the coach’s words helped: – We became more determined in the battles and, as Aida says, we were able to play more tactically against them. And then we lost it a bit in the last set, she says to news. – Marcus (Sjöberg) said that you stopped talking to each other. What is happening then? – We began to not fully understand why we missed and found no new tactics in the match. Then it got a bit gloomy, says Tveiten. NORWAY’S OPPONENTS: Stephanie Grebe and Juliane Wolf (in background). Photo: Reuters Norway lost the last two sets. The fourth set was very even, but was decided by a lucky match ball from the Germans, which barely hit the edge of the table. – It was close. The fourth set was decided by the smallest possible margin. The girls played very well at times. They must try to take the positive feelings further into the singles game, even if they are of course disappointed, said news’s expert commentator Raymond Gonzales in that the loss was a fact. Now the singles tournament awaits for Tveiten and Dahlen, so the golden hope lives on. Shares bronze with Great Britain In the other semi-final, China and Great Britain met. There, the Chinese came out victorious, and will meet Germany in the final. Norway and Great Britain share the bronze medal. Dahlen, who is participating in the Paralympics for the fourth time, belongs to the Randesund Sports Club, while Tveiten is a member of Notodden Table Tennis Club and debutant in the Paralympics. AN OLYMPIC BRONZE FROM BEFORE: Aida Husic Dahlen celebrates her bronze medal in the Olympics in Tokyo in 2021. Photo: NTB Dahlen has several medals to show for it from previous international championships, including three European Championship golds. She also won bronze in the previous Olympics, then in the singles tournament. The duo Dahlen and Tveiten became EC champions together in 2023. Published 29/08/2024, at 19.18 Updated 29.08.2024, at 19.59
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Norway won its first medal in the Paralympics – Paralympics Paris 2024
