Tapper and Fang Lay set for Australian Olympic history

AOC10 years ago

Australian table tennis player, Melissa Tapper, is set to make history as the first Australian athlete to compete in an Olympics and a Paralympics after winning her way through qualifying at the Oceania qualifiers in Bendigo.

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