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Badminton Team Wins 2 Bronzes at World Junior Champs

21 October 2026
(3<sup>rd </sup>from left) Ip Sum-yau, Yu Zhirui and Michaelangelo

(3rd from left) Ip Sum-yau, Yu Zhirui and Michaelangelo Njoto (Photo: Egyptian Badminton Federation)     Read More

Hong Kong’s junior badminton players delivered an outstanding performance at the BWF World Junior Championships 2026 in Cairo, Egypt, winning two bronze medals and achieving historic breakthroughs. Ip Sum-yau claimed bronze in the girls’ singles event, becoming Hong Kong’s first-ever medallist in a singles event at the championships. In the boys’ doubles event, Michaelangelo Njoto and Yu Zhirui also secured bronze, becoming the first Hong Kong pair to reach the podium since 2012.