It was great for Racketlon to be part of the EuroGames, the biggest European LGBTIQ+ sporting event!
RFA President Roland Pichler said: it was a great tournament with a lot of new players sharing the love and passion for racketlon. Especially they new players were very thankful that we organised “such a great tournament” with “great atmosphere”. From RFA side, we want to thank Eurogames for making this event possible.
World no 1 Sylvain Ternon added another title to his collection, beating world no 19 Cornelius Radermacher in the final by +15 (14-21 21-10 21-17 14-7). Nicolas Lenggenhager beat Mandrin Mouchet for the bronze medal, taking it +7 (17-21 21-17 21-9 10-15). Sandra Ettenauer won her first elite singles title, beating Simone Seitz by +5 (21-6 8-21 12-21 21-9) and Clarissa Steiner by just one point, (21-9 7-21 7-21 22-5). Seitz beat Steiner +13 (21-15 24-22 15-21 21-10) to claim silver.
All Genders Singles A | Ladies Identified Singles A
Doubles titles for Urban/Windbacher and Ho/Urban
Urban and Windbacher won their first elite title together, winning all their group matches quite comfortably. Martin Kova and Roland Pichler finished second, whilst Mostafa Kazemi and Florian Prorok finished third. Stefan Urban added another gold medal to his collection as him and Ho Suet Ying won the All genders mixed title, scraping through an especially close match against Steiner/Prorok. They won the match +5 (17-21 21-8 15-21 19-17) against the silver medalists. Daryna Hnatiuk and Roland Pichler finished third.
All Gender A | All genders Mixed A |
Open titles for – Chelly, Ho, Hainke, Merky and Mikac
David Chelly won the All Genders singles B title beating top seed Florian Prorok +4 (21-4 6-21 15-21 21-13) in the final. Mostafa Kazemi finished third. The Female identified singles B title went to Ho Suet Ying, Dominique Merky finished second and Daryna Hnatiuk finished third. Thorsten Hainke won the All Genders C after defeating Viktoriia Tsygankova. Dominik Janda finished third. Hannes Sunzenauer won the beginner category, Merky finished second and Tintel finished third. Nikola Mikac won the +40 category, winning all his group matches. Chelly finished second and Borner finished third.
All Genders B | Female Identified Singles B | All Genders Singles C | All Genders Singles D | +40
