In the last final match appearance of the day for Team BC, Wendy Zhang (Richmond) and Kylie Cheng (Vancouver) took gold in female doubles badminton today at the Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre. Zhang and Chen faced Quebec powerhouse team, Camille Leblanc and Alyson Ruan.
Zhang had defeated Leblanc in the female singles semi-final yesterday to earn her spot in the final. This is also Zhang’s second gold medal of the day following her earlier female singles victory.
Cheng and Zhang earned the right to play in the finals following their victory semi-final victory over Alexandra Mocanu and Eliana Zhang. In the semi-final match up, they won the first and third sets (24-22 and 21-16) but lost the second set (19-21).
More to come.