World Youth Deaf Badminton Championships: India bag nine medals
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Mumbai: India ended their campaign in the 3rd World Deaf Youth Badminton Championship held from July 10 to 12 in Brazil's Para de Minas, winning nine medals.
India bagged four silver and five bronze medals in the championship, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) tweeted on Thursday.
The silver medals were won by Aaditya in Girls' Singles, Piyush and Shreya in Mixed Doubles, Soumyadeep and Piyush in Men's Doubles, and Jerlin and Aaditya in Women's Doubles.
Soumyadeep in Men's Singles, Jerlin in Women's Singles, Shreya in Women's Singles, Soumyadeep and Gauranshi in Mixed Doubles, and Gauranshi and Shreya in Women's Doubles won the five bronze medals in the championships.
According to reports, Soumyadeep and Shreya bagged three medals each including a silver medal, and Aaditya, Piyush, Jerlin, and Gauranshi figured in two medals each.
Some of these players like Gauranshi will next figure in the 6th World Deaf Badminton Championship from July 14-25.
With inputs from IANS
