Badminton BWF World Junior Championships 2018

[Griff88 1,952]

32 minutes ago, intoronto said:

She literally started the sport in September and found out then this would be her first major event.

To be honest, I have to say that's pretty extreme. But it is good to see lesser known associations being active

[Griff88 1,952]

Knock Out stage

[intoronto 5,678]

3 minutes ago, Griff88 said:

To be honest, I have to say that's pretty extreme. But it is good to see lesser known associations being active

I have heard stories from so many national federations here and the small(er) ones get a subsidy from the BWF

 

[Griff88 1,952]

Just now, intoronto said:

I have heard stories from so many national federations here and the small(er) ones get a subsidy from the BWF

 

Yes the travel grant for those who compete in mixed team event.

 

Brings back memories from Yogyakarta 2017, where 4 Mongolians who compete by themselves because their coach was sick (but later came after the mixed team event), players from Ghana who chose badminton over football. one Dutch player whose mother is Indonesian, and one men's singles from El Salvador who later competed in the Youth Olympics

[heywoodu 15,174]

5 hours ago, intoronto said:

She literally started the sport in September and found out then this would be her first major event.

It's both encouraging and worrying that someone can start a sport and within 2 months play at (junior) world championships  Although good to see a country like Guyana being represented, hopefully those players will keep up the work.

Edited November 8, 2018 by heywoodu

[intoronto 5,678]

Sorry this is a bad angle, but this was the parade of nations.

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Italy v India from 11/14/2018

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[OlympicIRL 5,532]

1 hour ago, intoronto said:

 

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Nhat lost at lost to Li Shifeng in the QF of the Youth Olympics so will be very tough.