Badminton at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games

Badminton championships

Badminton tournament

2008 Commonwealth Youth GamesTournament details

Dates| 13 October – 17 October
Edition| 2nd
Competitors| 90
Venue| Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
Location| Mahalunge, Balewadi, Pune, India
| ← 2004 Bendigo | 2011 Douglas →

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Badminton events for the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games were held in Pune in the Indian state of Maharashtra from 13 to 17 October.[1][2] For the second consecutive time, sport of Badminton was included in the Commonwealth Youth Games programme which included Boys' singles,[3] Girls' singles,[4] Boys' doubles[5] and Girls' doubles[6] events. Mixed doubles was not conducted. At the end, host India emerged as the strongest nation by winning three titles, while Malaysia won the Boys' doubles title.

## Medalists

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Discipline  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Boys' singles  |  Gurusai Dutt |  Aditya Prakash |  Martin Campbell
Girls' singles  |  Saina Nehwal |  N. Sikki Reddy |  Panuga Riou
Boys' doubles  |  Ow Yao Han
Yew Hong Kheng |  Lim Yu Sheng
Loh Wei Sheng |  B. Sai Praneeth
Pranav Chopra
Girls' doubles  |  P. C. Thulasi
N. Sikki Reddy |  Alexandra Bruce
Michelle Li |  Lim Ee Von
Ng Hui Ern

## Results

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### Boys' singles

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| Semifinal | | | Final |

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|  |  |  |  |  | | |  |  |  |  |  |
|  Gurusai Dutt | 21 | 21 |  | |
|  Paul van Rietvelde | 13 | 12 |  |
| |  Gurusai Dutt | 21 | 20 | 21 |
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| | |  Aditya Prakash | 18 | 22 | 18 |
|  Martin Campbell | 14 | 17 |  |
|  Aditya Prakash | 21 | 21 |  | | | Third place
| |  Paul van Rietvelde | 13 | 17 |
| |  Martin Campbell | 21 | 21 |

### Girls' singles

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| Semifinal | | | Final |

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|  |  |  |  |  | | |  |  |  |  |  |
|  Saina Nehwal | 21 | 21 |  | |
|  Panuga Riou | 12 | 10 |  |
| |  Saina Nehwal | 23 | 22 |  |
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| | |  N. Sikki Reddy | 21 | 20 |  |
|  Tiffany Chase Currier | 16 | 9 |  |
|  N. Sikki Reddy | 21 | 21 |  | | | Third place
| |  Panuga Riou | 18 | 21 | 21
| |  Tiffany Chase Currier | 21 | 16 | 16

### Boys' doubles

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| Semi-finals | | | Final |

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|  |  |  |  |  | | |  |  |  |  |  |
|  B. Sai Praneeth
Pranav Chopra | 20 | 16 |  | |
|  Ow Yao Han
Yew Hong Kheng | 22 | 21 |  |
| |  Ow Yao Han
Yew Hong Kheng | 14 | 21 | 21 |
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| | |  Lim Yu Sheng
Loh Wei Sheng | 21 | 13 | 14 |
|  Gary Fox
Richard Morris | 19 | 17 |  |
|  Lim Yu Sheng
Loh Wei Sheng | 21 | 21 |  | | | Third place
| |  B. Sai Praneeth
Pranav Chopra | 21 | 23 |
| |  Gary Fox
Richard Morris | 18 | 21 |

### Girls' doubles

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| Semi-finals | | | Final |

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|  Lim Ee Von
Ng Hui Ern | 19 | 10 |  | |
|  Alexandra Bruce
Michelle Li | 21 | 21 |  |
| |  Alexandra Bruce
Michelle Li | 18 | 8 |  |
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| | |  P. C. Thulasi
N. Sikki Reddy | 21 | 21 |  |
|  Jessica Jonggowisastro
Mary O'Connor | 13 | 13 |  |
|  P. C. Thulasi
N. Sikki Reddy | 21 | 21 |  | | | Third place
| |  Lim Ee Von
Ng Hui Ern | 21 | 21 |
| |  Jessica Jonggowisastro
Mary O'Connor | 8 | 19 |

## References

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1. ^ "India dominate Commonwealth Youth Games, win 76 medals". Times of India. 18 October 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
2. ^ "2008 Commonwealth Youth Games". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
3. ^ "Commonwealth Youth Games 2008 – MS". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
4. ^ "Commonwealth Youth Games 2008 – WS". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
5. ^ "Commonwealth Youth Games 2008 – MD". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
6. ^ "Commonwealth Youth Games 2008 – WD". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 18 October 2023.