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This 24-Year-Old Malaysian Won The Bronze Medal At The World Deaf Badminton Championships
Well done, Wei Ying!
By Selena Chua — 23 Jul 2019, 01:19 PM
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New Straits Times
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Women singles shuttler Boon Wei Ying won the bronze medal at the World Deaf Badminton Championships in Taipei, Taiwan on 21 July
The 24-year-old made it to the semi-finals to claim the bronze medal after being defeated by Taiwan's Shen Yan-Ru (22-20, 21-16)
According to the New Straits Times, Wei Ying defeated Switzerland's Sophie Bula (21-6, 21-6), India's Jerlin Jayaratchagan (21-19, 21-15), and Taiwan's Tu Wen Hsuan (21-15, 21-6) in the previous rounds.
This was Wei Ying's second best performance after she took home the silver medal in the mixed doubles event at the 2017 Deaflympics in Samsun, Turkey
