{"id":62436,"date":"2025-12-18T19:22:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T13:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/18\/surat-boy-vivaan-shah-wins-bronze-at-national-badminton-championship\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T19:22:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T13:52:37","slug":"surat-boy-vivaan-shah-wins-bronze-at-national-badminton-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/18\/surat-boy-vivaan-shah-wins-bronze-at-national-badminton-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Surat Boy Vivaan Shah Wins Bronze at National Badminton Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p data-start=\"282\" data-end=\"571\"><strong>Surat (Gujarat) [India], December 16:\u00a0<\/strong> The young badminton player of Surat, <strong data-start=\"330\" data-end=\"345\">Vivaan Shah<\/strong>, has once more made the city proud after winning a <strong data-start=\"397\" data-end=\"425\">bronze medal (3rd place)<\/strong> in the <strong data-start=\"433\" data-end=\"458\">Boys Singles Under-13<\/strong> event during the <strong data-start=\"476\" data-end=\"532\">Yonex Sunrise 37th Sub Junior Badminton Championship<\/strong>, which was held recently in <strong data-start=\"561\" data-end=\"570\">Bihar<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"578\" data-end=\"602\">Training and Academy<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"604\" data-end=\"961\">Vivaan is a student trainee at the <strong data-start=\"639\" data-end=\"681\">Maneet Pahuja Badminton Academy, Surat<\/strong>, which is celebrating his strong performance at the national level. Having occupied the <strong data-start=\"770\" data-end=\"786\">5th position<\/strong> in the tournament, Vivaan remained highly focused and displayed strong fighting spirit to secure a place on the podium, highlighting his growing strength in Indian badminton.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"968\" data-end=\"993\">Previous Achievements<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"995\" data-end=\"1067\">This bronze medal adds to Vivaan\u2019s list of achievements. He has earlier:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1068\" data-end=\"1319\">\n<li data-start=\"1068\" data-end=\"1150\">\n<p data-start=\"1070\" data-end=\"1150\">Won the <strong data-start=\"1078\" data-end=\"1124\">Boys Under-13 All India Ranking Tournament<\/strong> in <strong data-start=\"1128\" data-end=\"1138\">Mumbai<\/strong> (Singles)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1151\" data-end=\"1226\">\n<p data-start=\"1153\" data-end=\"1226\">Won the <strong data-start=\"1161\" data-end=\"1207\">Boys Under-13 All India Ranking Tournament<\/strong> in <strong data-start=\"1211\" data-end=\"1224\">Bengaluru<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1227\" data-end=\"1319\">\n<p data-start=\"1229\" data-end=\"1319\">Finished as <strong data-start=\"1241\" data-end=\"1254\">runner-up<\/strong> in the <strong data-start=\"1262\" data-end=\"1308\">Boys Under-13 All India Ranking Tournament<\/strong> in <strong data-start=\"1312\" data-end=\"1319\">Goa<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 data-start=\"1326\" data-end=\"1349\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-63727 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/PNN-2025-12-18T184912816.jpg\" alt=\"Vivaan Shah \" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/h3>\n<h3 data-start=\"1326\" data-end=\"1349\">Coach\u2019s Perspective<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1351\" data-end=\"1622\">According to the coaches at <strong data-start=\"1379\" data-end=\"1414\">Maneet Pahuja Badminton Academy<\/strong>, Vivaan\u2019s success can be attributed to his discipline, regular training, and positive attitude on the court. His performance also highlights the academy\u2019s focus on developing young badminton talent in Surat.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1629\" data-end=\"1649\">Academic Support<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1651\" data-end=\"1834\">Vivaan expressed his gratitude towards <strong data-start=\"1690\" data-end=\"1724\">Scholar English Academy, Dumas<\/strong>, for supporting and encouraging him throughout his journey and helping him balance both sports and education.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1841\" data-end=\"1859\">Future Outlook<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1861\" data-end=\"2083\">With consistent performances at the national level, <strong data-start=\"1913\" data-end=\"1928\">Vivaan Shah<\/strong> is emerging as one of the most promising young badminton players from Surat. The city will continue to follow his journey with pride in the years to come.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1861\" data-end=\"2083\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pnndigital.com\/category\/sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>PNN Sports<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surat (Gujarat) [India], December 16:\u00a0 The young badminton player of Surat, Vivaan Shah, has once more made the city proud after winning a bronze medal (3rd place) in the Boys [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62437,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_rishi_post_view_count":51},"categories":[10],"tags":[675],"class_list":["post-62436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-sports","rishi-post"],"rishi__cb_customizer_meta":"","comments_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}