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Egypt's Ibrahim Hamadtou's inspirational table tennis using bat in mouth

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Paralympian Ibrahim Hamatdou stuns fans by playing table tennis with his mouth

Inspirational Paralympics star Ibrahim Hamatdou has wowed sports fans by playing table tennis with his bat in his mouth.

The Egyptian athlete lost both his arms in a train accident when he was 10-years-old and after finding viral fame in 2014, is back in the spotlight at the Tokyo Paralympic Games.

“I was trying first to use the bat under the arm, and I also tried using other things that weren’t working so well. Finally, I tried using my mouth,” Hamatdou has previously said of his unique technique.

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