Payas Jain and Yashaswi Ghorpade pose on the podium after winning the mixed doubles gold in the 26th Asian junior table tennis championship in Vientiane, Laos, on Tuesday.
Payas Jain and Yashaswini Ghorpade capped India’s campaign by winning the mixed doubles gold medal in the Asian junior table tennis championship at Vientiane, Laos, on Tuesday.
Payas, a member of the bronze medal-winning boys team and doubles team, and Yashaswini defeated China’s Han Xinyuan and Qin Yuxuan 11-9, 11-1, 10-12, 7-11, 11-8 to emerge as India’s first champion combination in this age-group continental championship.
bronze, just like Payas and Yashansh Malik did in boys doubles. In the team championship, the Indian boys made it to the semifinals and lost to Japan 2-3 for the bronze medal. The girls finished fifth. According to the news published in sportstar.thehindu.com
