26 Might 2024
Rachel Choong obtained revenge with double gold on the Bahrain Para Badminton Worldwide 2024.
The SH6 shuttler gained ladies’s singles gold earlier than partnering Jack Shephard to the doubles title.
Shephard additionally returns from the Center East with two medals having claimed silver within the SH6 males’s singles.
Choong went unbeaten throughout the week in Manama, dropping simply 16 factors in the course of the round-robin phases of the ladies’s singles.
The Liverpudlian beat Daria Bujnicka of Poland 21-2 21-7 earlier than dispatching Anastasiia Zavalii of Ukraine 21-5 21-2.
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More durable exams have been to return as Choong beat Nina Kozlova 21-16 21-13 to arrange a rematch with Oliwia Szmigel within the ultimate.
Choong misplaced to the Polish shuttler in a decider within the European Video games ultimate final summer season however delivered a glowing efficiency in Bahrain as she gained each video games 21-14 21-14 to say her first gold of the week.
Para-badminton head coach Richard Morris mentioned: “It was a possible banana pores and skin for Rachel and he or she would be the first to confess that.
“Dropping to Szmigel within the finals of the Euros in August final 12 months, I feel that was the final time they performed.
“So to play her once more, Rachel was dominant from begin to end, there have been just a few peaks and troughs however all-in-all Rach put out an actual efficiency to win comfortably in two video games which was fairly spectacular.”
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Choong had already performed Szmigel earlier within the week within the doubles alongside Shephard.
The 2 started their marketing campaign towards Szmigel and Bujnicka, successful 21-5 21-6 earlier than defeating Emad Adil Al Dhawahir and Abdulla A Alsaif of Egypt and Kuwait 21-2 21-6.
Up towards Canada’s Anthony Vibol Hay and Emilien Langelier, Choong and Shephard triumphed 21-5 21-11 to make it to a 3rd ultimate in a row.
There they met Choi Wing Kei and Chu Man Kai of Hong Kong the place they gained in 24 minutes, claiming gold with a 21-11 21-12 victory.
“The doubles have grow to be an actual partnership over the past six months,” Morris added. “They’ve actually linked and bonded as a crew.
“I put that all the way down to Boxy [James Boxall, assistant coach] again at house placing a lot effort and time into them after which myself in the back of the courtroom.
“We’ve grow to be an actual squad of 4 and it implies that we’ve obtained extra depth, we’re extra versatile, we will adapt and keep collectively and we don’t break aside.
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“It means we don’t have these wobble video games, or dangerous video games anymore, we’re simply on a constructive push and we’ve been sustaining that since Spain.
“We’ve needed to face all completely different sorts of opposition and we’ve achieved very well towards each single one in all them, laborious work is paying off I feel.”
Shephard’s return to aggressive males’s singles obtained off to an important begin with silver in Manama.
Snug wins over Hay and A Alsaif within the group phases have been adopted by a tough take a look at towards Chun Yim Wong of Hong Kong, with Shephard beating the world No.8 21-17 24-21.
Shephard superior to the ultimate with out dropping a sport as he beat Langelier 21-7 21-9 within the final 4.
Within the showpiece, he confronted world No.2 Chu Man Kai 24-22 21-5, coming near taking the opener however was unable to shut out the sport at thrice of asking.
The entire para squad is now getting ready for the 4 Nations Para Badminton Worldwide which this 12 months takes place on the Emirates Area in Glasgow in June.
