India squad departs for U.S. to participate in BWF World Junior Championships
The Hindu
India's 16-member badminton squad left for USA to compete in the BWF World Junior Championships. The squad features Odisha Open 2022 champion Unnati Hooda and two-time U-19 All India Junior Ranking champion Ayush Shetty. The 3-week training camp was aimed at strengthening skills and team bonding. The tournament will start with team events from Sep 25-30 and singles' events from Oct 2-8. India are in Group D with Germany, Brazil, Cook Islands and Dominican Republic. Last year, S Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian won silver in boys' singles.
India’s 16-member badminton squad on September 23 left for Spokane (Washington, USA) to participate in the upcoming BWF World Junior Championships, from September 25-October 8.
The squad members attended a training camp organised by the Badminton Association of India at the National Centre of Excellence in Guwahati from September 1-20 before embarking on the trip.
The Indian squad features the Odisha Open 2022 champion Unnati Hooda and the two-time U-19 All India Junior Ranking champion Ayush Shetty.
“The three-week training camp was aimed at strengthening skills of players and also improving team bonding as they will be competing in the team championship along with individual events,” said BAI general secretary Sanjay Mishra in a statement.
The training camp was supervised by singles’ coach Park Tae-sang, Umendra Rana, Rinky Singh and doubles’ coach Akshay Dewalkar along with the other coaches of the National Centre of Excellence.
The shuttlers also took part in intra-squad practice matches to get used to the team event format of the World Championships.
The tournament will start with team events from September 25-30 whereas the singles’ events will be held from October 2-8.
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