Olympics: South Korea Win Badminton Women's Doubles Bronze
Sumaira FH Published August 18, 2016 | 08:57 PM
RIO DE JANEIRO, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th August, 2016) - South Korean shuttlers Jung Kyung-Eun and Shin Seung-Chan defeated China's Tang Yuanting and Yu Yang to claim bronze in the women's badminton doubles at the Rio Olympics on Thursday.
The South Korean pair breezed through the first game, taking it 21-8 before clinching victory and third place with a more hard fought 21-17 win in the second. Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi of Japan take on Denmark's Christinna Pedersen and Kamilla Rytter Juhl in the gold medal match later in the day.
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