New Delhi [India], August 23 (ANI): The ultimate day of the BWF World Championships 2026 witnessed a slew of latest information as combined doubles mixture of Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue received France’s first gold medal and Alex Lanier later added the boys’s singles crown to their tally whereas An Se Younger of Korea bagged her second gold medal in girls’s singles on the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium right here.
Final version’s bronze medallists Gicquel and Delrue went two steps forward as they upset high seeds Feng Yan She and Huang Dong Ping of China 22-20, 19-21, 21-15 in an hour and 18 minutes to write down their title within the historical past books, based on a launch.
France then grew to become solely the second European nation to win a couple of gold medal in a single version when Lanier outplayed Japan’s Kodai Naraoka 21-11, 21-11 in simply 50 minutes.
The Korean contingent may also go dwelling with two gold medals after girls’s world no 1 An Se Younger regained the world crown by defeating defending champion Akane Yamaguchi 21-17, 21-14, whereas Baek Ha Na and Lee So Hee ended a 31-year anticipate a girls’s doubles crown by upsetting Chinese language high seeds Liu Sheng Shu and Tan Ning 21-15, 21-15. Korea final received the ladies’s doubles title in 1995. Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand obtained their bronze medals as effectively.
Lee additionally grew to become the oldest girls’s doubles world champion at 32 years and 70 days.
Each the singles finals turned out to be straight-game affairs because the eventual champions discovered an extra gear within the second half of each video games. Within the girls’s singles last, An received 4 straight factors from 17-17 to take the opening sport after which raced from 11-10 to 21-14 to win the second.
Within the males’s singles last, Lanier turned up the warmth whereas trailing 7-9 within the opening sport, profitable 13 of the subsequent 14 factors to take management. The Frenchman by no means seemed in bother within the second sport and received seven straight factors from 14-11 to be topped France’s first males’s singles champion.
With China’s report of profitable a minimum of one title since they entered the world championships in 1983 on the road, third seeds Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang rose to the event by beating former champions Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik of Malaysia 21-16, 21-17 to proceed the streak. This was Liang and Wang’s first World title.
The ultimate day of motion in Delhi as soon as once more witnessed a strong turnout from followers, who received to cheer for Treesa and Gayatri’s bronze whereas Korea’s An Se Younger was maybe the preferred participant of the day as she proved as soon as once more why she is the most effective on the planet.
Last outcomes:
Males’s Singles: 9-Alex Lanier (FRA) bt 10-Kodai Naraoka (JPN) 21-11, 21-11
Girls’s Singles: 1-An Se Younger (KOR) bt 2-Akane Yamaguchi (JPN) 21-17, 21-14
Males’s Doubles: 3-Liang Wei Kang/Wang Chang (CHN) bt 4-Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik (MAS) 21-16, 21-17 Girls’s Doubles: 3-Baek Ha Na/Lee So Hee (KOR) bt 1-Liu Sheng Shu/Tan Ning (CHN) 21-15, 21-15
Combined Doubles: 5-Thom Gicquel/Delphine Delrue (FRA) bt 1-Feng Yan Zhe/Huang Dong Ping (CHN) 22-20, 19-21, 21-15. (ANI)
