2 April, 2024
Badminton England soared to team bronze medal at the U17 Six Nations in Sweden.
Led by the strength of Aarav Sujith and Sofie Chong, who made two quarter-final appearances each, the team clinched overall bronze with a handful of athletes reaching the final eight.
The U17 Six Nations is the oldest international badminton tournament for U17s and Chong reached the quarter-finals in the women’s and mixed doubles.
Under 17 Six Nations
Teaming up with Mia Fox, the duo stormed through their round of 16 match to reach the quarter-finals where they faced a tough battle with Denmark’s Athene Lyduch Thornild and Filippa Pedersen and ultimately fell to a 21-14 21-10 defeat.
Chong had already reached the same stage with mixed doubles partner James Song earlier in the day, forcing the second seeds Orphe Queton-Bouissou and Eva Bouville of France to a third game before falling 21-11 15-21 21-14.
Sujith beat Sweden’s Felus…
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