Polina Bugrova and Yevheniya Kantemir won silver medals in doubles at the BWF World Tour tournament in Saarbrücken. This is the first medal in the Ukrainians' career at this level of competition.

Ukrainian badminton players became silver medalists of the international competition HYLO Open 2024, UNN reports with reference to the Ministry of Youth and Sports.

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The tournament in Saarbrucken, Germany, was held as part of the BWF World Tour with 274 athletes from 35 countries.

"Polina Bugrova and Yevheniya Kantemir took second place in the women's doubles category. In the final, the Ukrainians lost to the first-seeded pair from Chinese Taipei," the statement said.

For the first time in their careers, Ukrainian badminton players won a medal at the BWF World Tour.

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The BWF World Tour is a series of 2nd class badminton tournaments under the auspices of the Badminton World Federation. The best players in the world ranking in singles and doubles take part in the competition.