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chao news client reporter gao huasheng

on october 5, the mixed team competition of the 2024 world youth badminton championships ended in nanchang, jiangxi. the national badminton team lost 103-110 to the indonesian team and finished second, regretting that they did not have the opportunity to defend the title.

after a short break, the individual events of the world youth championship will be held from october 7th to october 13th. since the age limit for the badminton world youth championship is under 19 years old, this is the last world youth championship for many players, including zhejiang teenager hu zhe'an, who was born in 2006. ‌

hu zhe'an is one of the few promising stars in china's badminton men's singles. the 18-year-old has won the asian youth championship for two consecutive years. in the 2023 asian youth championship, hu zhe'an reversed the unfavorable situation of losing one game in the men's singles final and defeated japanese player okimoto yuhi and won the championship. this was the second time that a chinese player won the asian youth championship men's singles after seven years in 2016. champion; in the 2024 asian youth championship, hu zhe'an defeated south korean player yin haoxing 2-1 in the men's singles final, becoming the first men's singles player to successfully defend the title in the history of the asian youth championship.

however, so far he has not been able to win the world youth championship men's singles championship. he reached the final of the 2023 world youth championship, but lost to indonesian player farhan 1-2 (19-21, 21-19, 14-21) in the final and finished second, missing an opportunity to realize his dream.

"this is my last single event. it was a pity that i was runner-up last year, so i should strive for the championship this year." unable to defend the team championship with his teammates, hu zhe'an will definitely win the honor of world youth championship men's singles championship. don't want to miss it again. after this world youth championship, he will go to the adult competition.

in august this year, the baoji badminton masters of the world badminton super 100 tour was hu zhe'an's first time participating in an adult event. in this competition, he triumphantly reached the finals and won his first adult championship title. after winning the championship, hu zhe'an scored 5,500 points, and his bwf ranking reached 282nd.

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