Swedish table tennis star is hailed as a 'magician' after hitting outrageous trick shot in Olympics final to win a silver medal in Paris

Fans were amazed arsenic they heaped praise connected Swedish array tennis prima Truls Moregardh aft he produced a magical changeable successful his Olympic golden badge lucifer against China's Fan Zhendong.

The 22-year-old yet had to settee for a metallic badge arsenic Fan mostly dominated successful nan 4-1 win, but it was 1 of Moregardh's precocious shots that has gone viral crossed societal media.

Table tennis is 1 of nan best-loved sports astatine nan Olympics pinch its chaotic quality ever a deed pinch an assemblage that seldom gets to spot nan athletics played retired connected nan biggest sporting stage, and Moregardh's stunning changeable shows precisely why.

Sunday's lucifer was a difficult conflict for nan Scandinavian, but he was still keen to springiness fans a show by pulling disconnected an outrageous instrumentality changeable that moreover caught his force by surprise.

Moregardh was conscionable 2 points distant from being beaten erstwhile a lightning speedy rally gave him a astonishment chance to test Zhendong's reactions arsenic he attempted to scoop a changeable from adjacent ground-level.

His effort came arsenic he trailed 9-2 successful nan 5th group and saw nan second-place singles prima put an unthinkable magnitude of rotation connected his changeable that saw nan shot bounce connected Fan's broadside of nan array earlier coming backmost complete nan nett and disconnected nan aboveground to give Moregardh a cardinal point.

Fan was incapable to get anyplace nan adjacent nan shot and appeared conscionable arsenic amazed as Moregardh who couldn't extremity smiling pursuing nan infinitesimal of brilliance successful nan Olympic final.

Meanwhile, supporters successful nan stands collapsed nan soundlessness pinch roars of appreciation for nan Swedish prima who was labelled arsenic 'the magician' by 1 Chinese commentator covering nan match.

Others reacted to nan infinitesimal pinch akin praise connected societal media arsenic 1 spectator stated successful consequence to nan clip: 'What a value crippled of array tennis, kudos to some players!'.

Another added: 'It’s nan truth they were some smiling arsenic well. Great moment.'

A 3rd station connected X simply reacted to nan eye-catching portion of skill, adding: 'Best changeable I've ever seen.'

Moregardh's metallic spot decorativeness moves Sweden's Olympic badge haul onto 7 with two gold, 3 metallic and 2 bronze successful Paris.