Polish fencer Adrian Castro beats future father-in-law at Rio Paralympics and now has to pay for wedding

POLISH fencer Adrian Castro is thanking his lucky stars he won the approval of his future father-in-law before the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games.

Polish fencer Adrian Castro (right) competes with China’s Yanke Feng at the Paralympic Games in Rio.

IT’S one of man’s golden rules of marriage: Don’t cross the father of the bride.

Polish fencer Adrian Castro is thanking his lucky stars he won the approval of his future father-in-law before the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games.

But winning a bronze medal is likely to sting Castro thousands in wedding costs after his victory came at the expense of his fiancee’s old man.

The father-in-law-to-be, Polish teammate and defending Paralympic champion Grzegorz Pluta, took the 15-8 defeat in his stride.

Well, that was until the small matter of who was paying for the wedding came up.

“I met his daughter during a fencing training camp four years ago,” the victorious Castro said.

“She accompanied Grzegorz at that event, and everything between us started from there.

Polish fencer Adrian Castro (right) competes with China’s Yanke Feng at the Paralympic Games in Rio.

“Me and Pluta train every day together. We already fought against each other in the 2015 world championships final and I won against him.

“But today before our bout I told him ‘the loser will pay for the wedding’.”

That’s when things got awkward.

Pluta, the London 2012 wheelchair sabre champion, insisted it would be the younger Castro picking up the bill.

“Not at all, I don’t agree,” Pluta said.

“I lost the bronze medal, he will earn money from winning it so he has to pay now.

“Of course he has to. He has just won enough money to pay for the wedding.”

The bronze medal marked a stunning improvement for Castro, who shook off the disappointment of finishing 11th at London 2012.

Originally published as Polish fencer Adrian Castro beats future father-in-law at Rio Paralympics and now has to pay for wedding