The 22nd edition of the Italian International 2022 ended today at the PalaBadminton which saw Asian athletes as absolute protagonists, in particular those from Indonesia and Taipei who were able to earn two golds each.
The Indonesian brace came thanks to the success in the mixed doubles and the men’s singles. In the doubles Zachariah Josiahno Sumanti and Hediana Julimarbela defeated in two sets (22-20; 21-9) the Thais Ruttanapak Oupthong and Chasinee Korepap and two partials (21-16; 21-15) were enough for the young Christian Adinata to have the best on the Danish Magnus Johannesen.
The double success of Taipei, on the other hand, came to be all female. In fact, in the women’s singles Wen Chi Hsu dominated the number one seed of seeding in two sets (21-9; 21-11), the Indian Malvika Bansod and also the triumph of Hsu Ya Ching and Lin Wan Ching in the women’s doubles, at the end of two perfect sets against Singaporean Yujia Jin and Wong Jia Ying Crystal, beaten with a double 21-8.
Taipei would also have achieved a historic hat-trick if Ching Heng and Ye Hong Wei hadn’t found Koreans Kum Jaehwan and Dae Il Yoon on their path, able to take gold in two sets (21-14; 21-19).
“I am extremely satisfied with the progress of this international event – the words of President Carlo Beninati at the end of the tournament -. To confirm the goodness of this edition the over 500 members and almost 50 nations present, this has raised the technical level but our Azzurri have not at all forfeited, on the contrary they have managed to snatch important results. Finally, I want to thank the Lombardy Region, the Metropolitan City of Milan and the Municipality of Milan for the support they have given to the event “.
They awarded the athletes together with the Federal President Carlo Beninati, the Undersecretary with responsibility for Sport, 2026 Olympics and Major Events of the Lombardy Region Antonio Rossi and the Milan City Councilor and President of the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympics and Paralympics Commission Alessandro Giugni.
The Italian International was held with the patronage of the Lombardy Region, and with the patronage of CONI, the CIP, the Municipality of Milan, the Metropolitan City of Milan, the Military Air Force Sports Center, the State Police Sports Group, of the Blue Flames and of the Yellow Flames. The event also received the support of Lab 3.11 (supplier of wheelchairs for Para-Badminton), Eleven Sport, ActionAid, Fondazione Sport City and Sport Senza Frontiere Onlus. Shuttle Sponsor will be RSL and finally, as usual, Corriere dello Sport is confirmed as Media Partner.
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