Olympics: Japan tops South Korea for mixed doubles badminton bronze

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- Aug 03, 2024 - 02:30 All,Sports,Olympics

Japan's Yuta Watanabe (L) and Arisa Higashino compete against South Korea's Seo Seung Jae and Chae Yu Jung in the badminton mixed doubles bronze medal match at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 2, 2024, at La Chapelle Arena in Paris. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan's Yuta Watanabe (top) and Arisa Higashino compete against South Korea's Seo Seung Jae and Chae Yu Jung in the badminton mixed doubles bronze medal match at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 2, 2024, at La Chapelle Arena in Paris. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan's Yuta Watanabe (R) and Arisa Higashino celebrate after beating South Korea's Seo Seung Jae and Chae Yu Jung in the badminton mixed doubles bronze medal match at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 2, 2024, at La Chapelle Arena in Paris. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan's Yuta Watanabe (L) and Arisa Higashino celebrate after beating South Korea's Seo Seung Jae and Chae Yu Jung in the badminton mixed doubles bronze medal match at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 2, 2024, at La Chapelle Arena in Paris. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan's Yuta Watanabe (L) and Arisa Higashino pose with their badminton mixed doubles bronze medals at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 2, 2024, at La Chapelle Arena in Paris. (Kyodo)

Japan's Chiharu Shida (L) and Nami Matsuyama compete in a badminton women's doubles semifinal match against China's Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 2, 2024, at La Chapelle Arena in Paris. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan's Chiharu Shida (L) and Nami Matsuyama react after losing to China's Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning in a women's badminton doubles semifinal match at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 2, 2024, at La Chapelle Arena in Paris. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino won the Paris Games badminton mixed doubles bronze on Friday, beating world No. 2 South Korean pair Seo Seung Jae and Chae Yu Jung in straight games to take their second consecutive Olympic bronze.A day after being whitewashed by the top-seeded Chinese team in the semifinals at La Chapelle Arena, Watanabe and Higashino regrouped to put on a strong performance against the South Koreans, winning 21-13, 22-20."We lost yesterday but we talked about having another chance to play together, and enjoying it. It was our second third-place match but we were able to e…READ FULL ARTICLE

Olympics: Japan tops South Korea for mixed doubles badminton bronze

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