STOCKHOLM: Swedish table tennis player Truls Moregard suffered a freak accident this year when he was hit by a drone during a practice session.

The 23-year-old, who won two silver medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics, was struck on the left hand when a drone filming his training collided with a lamp and came crashing down.

“It’s okay now, but the drone hit badly and broke half the nail. It bled a lot and throbbed painfully. I think that was what made me so stressed,” Moregard told Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter.

Moregard, who plays right-handed, said the accident in his home town of Eslov did not affect his preparations for the World Championship in Doha starting on May 17.

Published in Dawn, May 13th, 2025