AFRICAN JUNIOR CHAMPS – Kate makes a name for herself

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Raphaël Sachetat
– September 2, 2011Posted in: news
Karen Foo Kune is one of Africa’s best badminton shuttler – having been the sole player to qualify for Beijing Olympics in her category. Her younger sister Kate, is following […]

Karen Foo Kune is one of Africa’s best badminton shuttler – having been the sole player to qualify for Beijing Olympics in her category. Her younger sister Kate, is following in Karen’s footsteps. After making it to the Youth Olympics in June 2010 in Singapore, the young Mauritian beat all her opponents to clinch the gold medal in the African Championships.

Here are the final results of the event:
Source: Badminton-africa.com

Men’s singles: Mahmoud El Sayad (EGY)  bt Andries Malan (RSA) 21-13, 17-21, 21-7
Women’s singles: Kate Foo Kune (MRI) bt Elme de Villiers (RSA) 21-17, 21-19
Men’s s doubles: Andries Malan / Prakash Nath  (RSA) bt Cameron Coetzer / Reneshan Naidoo, (RSA) 23-21, 17-21, 21-16
Women’s doubles: Elme de Villiers / Lee-Ann Dewet (RSA)  bt Sandra Le Grange / Jennifer Van der berg (RSA)  21-12, 21-18
Mixed doubles: Malan/Van der berg (RSA)  bt Sayad/Asraf (EGY) 21-15, 22-20

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Raphael is the Chief Editor of Badzine International. He is the founder of the website together with Jean François Chauveau. After many years writing for the BWF and many publications around the world about badminton, he now leads a team of young and dynamic writers for Badzine.