The conclusion of the "International Hamdan bin Rashid" badminton today ... and Frenchman Lucas tops the nominations
A side of the international championship competitions.
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The curtain falls today on the third International Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Badminton Championship for People of Determination «Dubai 2021», which will be held in the Maktoum bin Mohammed Hall at Al Ahly Youth Club, under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Sports Council, with the participation of 127 Players from 29 countries competed in 19 competitions, which witnessed the application of the highest precautionary standards to prevent Corona virus.
And one of the most prominent candidates for the podium today is French Lucas, who won the gold medal in Korea 2017 and Switzerland 2019, and who beat Indian Rajan in the quarter-finals by two games without reply 21/4 and 3/21, as the difference in potentials between the two champions appeared to qualify the French champion with minimal effort. semi final.
In this first global event for the Paralympic badminton, 17 ranked first in the world appeared, which had a positive impact at the general technical level despite the forced halt that lasted 14 months due to the Corona pandemic.
The Indian team included three heroes, while seven players participated with the Indonesian national team, two players with the Malaysian team, in addition to a player for Poland, Portugal, Switzerland, France and Norway.
The list of candidates to reach the podiums in the different categories includes many world champions, led by the world number one in the French sl4 category, Lucas.
The Indian champion Bermud is also considered a strong candidate to reach the podiums in the sl3 category, where he won an important victory over the Indonesian Yukan in the quarter-finals with a score of 21/13, m 21/16.
The quarter-final competition also saw the Indian Bogat win over the Indonesian Okun 31/16, 21/13, while the Russian Tatiana beat the Swiss Yira 4/21, 10/21, and the Japanese Kita succeeded in crossing the Russian Alexander 21/12, 21 13/13, while Malaysian Lake beat compatriot Ahmed Azidi 21/18, 21/17.
• 17 of the world's top ranked players participated in the first international Paralympic tournament in 2021.
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