Ramdhani relishes “amazing” Costa Rica bronze-medal performance

After a week-long competition in the Costa Rica Future Series last week, Guyanese badminton champion Priyanna Ramdhani secured herself a spot on the podium, clinching bronze in the women’s doubles division.
Ramdhani teamed up with Trinidad and Tobago’s Chequeda de Boulet and advanced to the semi-final round, but they fell short to Peru’s Fernanda and Rafaela Munar 21-10, 21-11, in their quest to make it to the gold-medal match.
The Peruvian duo eventually went on to claim the women’s doubles gold medal, defeating El Salvador’s Fatima Fuentes and Daniela Hernandez 21-10, 21-11.
Speaking exclusively with Guyana Times Sport about the experience in Costa Rica, Ramdhani described the outing as a great experience and even more amazing to have won a bronze medal.

“The competition in Costa Rica was great; it was a good experience. They had players from a lot of countries like Portugal, France, Morocco, Canada and it was good to be around these players and make new friends. The experience overall was great,” Ramdhani told this publication.
The Guyanese badminton player went on to share about her successful campaign, “It was an amazing feeling, amazing experience because I just recently got back into competition after coaching and it’s a great feeling to be able to win a medal. I thought my performance was good, but, in the singles, it could have been better, but there’s always room for improvement and more training. I just think it was a great win for me, which will boost my confidence for future tournaments.”
The national champion, who has been coaching her younger peers this year, went on to explain how coaching has aided aspects of her game.

“I’ve been doing a lot of coaching since I came back from Canada to Guyana, to help out with the players. Yes, I think that the coaching kind of helped with my strategy and tactics during playing, because coaching it allows you to improve on placement of the shuttle and other tactics. And also, it develops a stronger mindset as a player and I think it helped me a bit to play and perform better,” she explained.
With tournaments lined up and a four-year plan in place, Ramdhani is keen on seeing her Olympic dreams realised at Los Angeles 2028.
Ramdhani shared, “Getting a medal was a great confidence booster and I’m looking forward to attending more tournaments. My goal is to qualify for LA 2028 Olympics and I will be attending a lot of tournaments throughout the next four years. I will be training and looking for training camps to attend and I think this will help me to improve a lot and hopefully, I will be able to qualify for the Olympics.”