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His world championship debut was a decade ago. However, triumph eluded the badminton star more than ever. For the next consecutive world championships, he would fall short of a win. And it is as much as ten long years. This year, the tenth year since his debut, he registered his first win at the world championship. The World number 104 finally tasted the scoop of victory.

With the Pan American games right here, he is looking forward to tasting the victory once again. He is ready for the challenge ahead as he breaks out of his winning drought. And with his latest update, he very much looks set on that goal.

On the way to maintaining the winning streak

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Howard Shu is in high spirits and bright with confidence after the recent victory. As the Pan Am games are right at the door, some teams have reached Santiago, Chile. Shu, an Olympian badminton player for Team USA, has also set foot at the games village. Recently, he posted a video from the games village to give a sneak peek of his preparations for the games. The caption reads, “Some coordination work in the Pan Am Games Village”.

 

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In the video, Shu was practicing his hand-eye coordination with the help of tennis balls. With the game closing in, Shu is ready to take on his opponents. He will look forward to repeating his performance against Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori at the world championship. He defeated the Nigerian player in a very close match with the scoreboard reading 21-18 13-21 21-19. With his last win in Pan Am Games in Lima in 2019, Shu will be looking forward to continuing that medal run.

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Looking for a win at Pan American Games

Howard Shu will be facing Argentina’s Otero Santiago Adrian in his first match of the games. Shu is an experienced player and the Argentinian player might not pose much threat to Shu. Their round of 32 games will be in the court 2 of Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico. This might be one of the last Pan Am games for him. By the end of his career, he would be looking forward to scoring a few medal runs, making sure Paris Olympics 2024 is one of them.

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The badminton competition of the games starts on Saturday 21st. The records, experience, and rankings are on Howard Shu’s side. However, it is yet to be seen if the hand-eye coordination exercise that Howard Shu has been practicing will help him register his debut win at the 2023 Pan American Games.

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