Youth Olympics Archive

Goh Jin Wei beat China’s Wang Ziyi to become the first player to have won both a Youth Olympic gold and a World Junior Championship title. Photo: Badmintonphoto (archives) Three […]

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Jiangsu native He Bingjiao celebrated her first victory over two-time World Junior Champion Akane Yamaguchi as the results of both of April’s World Junior finals were reversed at the Nanjing […]

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It is all about the repeats at the Nanjing Youth Olympics as the semi-final results set up repeats of both singles finals from this year’s World Junior Championships while He […]

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Thailand’s Sapsiree Taerattanachai (photo) became the first-ever Youth Olympics badminton gold medallist when she upset China’s Deng Xuan in tonight’s girls’ final. In the boys’ final, inspired by Sapsiree’s golden […]

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Thailand’s Sapsiree Taerattanachai joined her compatriot Pisit Poodchalat in the quest for gold in Thursday’s finals. in both events – boys’ singles and girls’ singles. She will have to beat […]

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Top seed Kang Ji Wook of South Korea didn’t make it to the final of the Youth Olympic Games. He was narrowly defeated by Haseena Sunil Kumar of India 21-19, […]

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Both Pisit Poodchalat and Sapsiree Taerattanachai of Thailand advanced to the boys’ singles and girls’ singles semi-finals respectively, after their triumphant victories over Huang Yixiang of China and Sonia Cheah […]

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