Sri Lanka top Junior International Series with 46 medals
Sri Lanka achieved their most impressive medals haul at a Badminton World Federation-sanctioned event, with a tally of 46 medals at the Sri Lanka Junior International Series 2025, which concluded at the New Saniro Sports Complex in Naiwala, Gampaha, on Friday.
Sri Lanka completed the first international mega event to be held on home soil with seven gold medals, while also securing 13 silver and an impressive 26 bronze medals. The young shuttlers representing the host nation reached 13 finals out of a total of 20, with seven of them being all-Sri Lankan finals. This guaranteed Sri Lanka seven gold and seven silver medals, while local athletes also made it to a further six finals, securing an additional six silver medals from the total of 13. Sri Lanka dominated particularly in the Under-17, Under-15 and Under-13 categories, while also reaching two finals in the main category.
India emerged as the second-best nation in the medals tally with a total of 17 — five gold, three silver and nine bronze medals. They completely dominated the main category, the Under-19 group, appearing in four finals and winning all four gold medals, while claiming three silvers in the three all-India finals.
Malaysia impressed with a tally of nine medals, winning four gold, three silver and two bronze, followed by Indonesia, who finished fourth overall with seven medals, including three gold, one silver and three bronze. Thailand completed the four-day competition with a solitary gold medal.
The Sri Lanka Junior International Series 2025 officially commenced at the eight-court New Saniro Sports Complex with the preliminary round matches on Tuesday, 5 August. The organisers, Sri Lanka Badminton (SLB), received an overwhelming number of entries from leading badminton-playing nations, including Sri Lanka, as the four-day competition showcased the country’s capability to host an event of high interest and magnitude.
The event, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and Badminton Asia (BA), included competitions in the Under-19, Under-17, Under-15 and Under-13 age groups for boys’ and girls’ singles, as well as boys’, girls’ and mixed doubles. The four-day international event was supported by the McLarens Group under their leading brands – Mobil, 3M, McFoil, GAC and Dr. Fixit – as the Principal Sponsors.
| Results of Finals: | |
| U-19 Men’s Singles: Dhyan Santosh (IND) beat Mithes Rameshwaran (IND) 2-0 (21/17, 21/16) U-19 Women’s Singles: Aadhira Rajkumar (IND) beat Lakshya Rajesh (IND) 2-0 (24/22, 23/21) U-19 Men’s Doubles: Kanapot Teevakul/Pasuth Vongvaikitpaisarn (THA) beat Sanuda Ariyasinghe/Thisath Rupathunga (SL) 2-0 (21/18, 21/14) U-19 Women’s Doubles: Durga Esha Kandrapu/Ishita Negi (IND) beat Dilini Ambalangodage/Ranumi Manage (SL) 2-0 (21/5, 21/18) U-19 Mixed Doubles: Niranjaan Nandakumar/Anjana Manikandan (IND) beat Ananya Arun/Jagjeet Singh Kajla (IND) 2-0 (21/12, 21/12) U-17 Boys’ Singles: Farel Fadhilah Ukasyah (INA) beat Alif Akbar (INA) 2-1 (21/17, 17/21, 21/19) U-17 Girls’ Singles: Ayu Pratiwi (INA) beat Vishwanie Wanniarachchi (SL) 2-0 (21/13, 21/16) U-17 Boys’ Doubles: Tze Hao Chin/Yusuf Muhammad Iqbal (MAS) beat Keneth Aruggoda/Dinew Wimalaratne (SL) 2-0 (21/14, 21/13) U-17 Girls’ Doubles: Navina Nagarajan/Vashmika Gopinath (MAS) beat Dulanya Karunaratna/Nethmi Ratnayake (SL) 2-0 (21/16, 21/16) U-17 Mixed Doubles: Keneth Aruggoda/Isuri Attanayake (SL) beat Bihandu Ganege/Sithumi de Silva (SL) 2-1 (22/20, 18/21, 21/17) U-15 Boys’ Singles: Hanafi Muhammad Noor (MAS) beat Yeo Julius (MAS) 2-0 (21/14, 21/18) U-15 Girls’ Singles: Hamsini Chandram (IND) beat Vashmika Gopinath (MAS) 2-0 (21/17, 21/14) U-15 Boys’ Doubles: Yeo Julius/Hanafi Muhammad Noor (MAS) beat Zhen Hao Yeoh/Zhen Hong Yeoh (MAS) 2-0 (21/18, 21/16) U-15 Girls’ Doubles: Bernessa Nadea Dharmawan/Hanifa Azzahrawani Nuradi (INA) beat Manuli Waravitage/Nithini Guruge (SL) 2-0 (21/8, 21/5) U-15 Mixed Doubles: Sanuja Bandara/Nithini Guruge (SL) beat Yasiru Jayawardana/Nisheli Samararatne (SL) 2-0 (21/14, 21/19) U-13 Boys’ Singles: Hansaka Rashminda (SL) beat Navithu Kumarapperuma (SL) 2-1 (17/21, 21/13, 21/11) U-13 Girls’ Singles: Rashmi Herath (SL) beat Ishma Ishak (SL) 2-0 (21/14, 21/5) U-13 Boys’ Doubles: Navithu Kumarapperuma/Hansaka Rashminda (SL) beat Sanuja Mulkirigala/Vidas Samarakoon (SL) 2-0 (21/14, 21/8) U-13 Girls’ Doubles: Risindi Akithya/Ishma Ishak (SL) beat Vathsadi Kulasuriya/Rivini Methsuvi (SL) 2-0 (21/19, 21/19) U-13 Mixed Doubles: Hansaka Rashminda/Rashmi Herath (SL) beat Inuka Rivinindu/Reshini Eliyana (SL) 2-0 (21/7, 21/12) |