The Brazilian athlete Hugo Calderano 28, played in the table tennis semi-finals at the Olympics on Friday morning (2). He was defeated by Swede Truls Moregardh, who advanced to the final.
The duel for the bronze medal will be against Frenchman Felix Lebrun and will take place on Sunday (4), at 8:30 am (BrasÃlia time). The final, which will also be played on Sunday, will pit the Swedish table tennis player against Chinese player Fan Zhendong.
Despite the defeat, the Brazilian’s progress in the competition – unprecedented for Brazil – gained public attention and generated memes on the web. See below.
Since the subject is table tennis and Hugo Calderano, it’s this kind of humor that gets me 100%
— Natalia Lara (@natalialaragc) August 2, 2024
Hugo lost, my God, end the Olympics, close Paris, kill Macron, blow up the table tennis court and wipe that Swede off the map
— tih 🇧🇷 (@aelinreader) August 2, 2024
Sweden’s table tennis coach is none other than the GREEN GOBLIN pic.twitter.com/rnE2QIDlTt
— Chats (@paposfut) August 2, 2024
10:30 in the morning and the Brazilians are watching a table tennis match
— REAL MIL GRAU (@realmilgrauu) August 2, 2024
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Source: CNN Brasil
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