Rio 2016 Paralympic champion Rob Davies has been selected to represent ParalympicsGB in the table tennis events at the Paralympic Games in Paris.

Davies, from Brecon, is one of four Welsh players included in a team of 11 athletes that will represent ParalympicsGB in the event.

He will be joined by Tokyo medallists, Paul Karabardak and Tom Matthews and Commonwealth champion, Joshua Stacey.

Davies was unable to defend his men’s class 1 singles title in Tokyo due to injury and has been steadily working his way back to fitness and the form that took him to Paralympic gold, as well as four consecutive European singles titles from 2013 – 2019.

“Obviously I was gutted about not going to Tokyo,” said the 39-year-old.

“But that’s forgotten about now and I’m just looking forward to getting to Paris and seeing what I can do there. I do like the big occasions, and I like to think that I can up my game for it.

“I feel I’m going in the right direction, and I just want to make the most of it and enjoy it every time I’m on the table.

“I don’t want to put too much pressure on myself for Paris, so we’ll see what happens.”

Davies will also compete in the men’s class 4 doubles with fellow Welshman Matthews, who took bronze in the men’s class 1 singles in Tokyo and received a wild card for Paris from the IPC after just missing out on automatic qualification.

The table tennis events in Paris will take place from August 29 to September 7 at the South Paris Arena 4, with the doubles events preceding the singles.

The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, which will take place between August 28 and September 8, will bring together as many as 4,400 athletes from around the world.