In Saturday’s final at the Al Gharafa courts in Doha, Ringøen & Kjemperud outlasted Bungert & Wüst in a thrilling encounter that was decided by fine margins with the Norwegians running out 2-0 (25-213, 21-19) winners. Their gold medal triumph was achieved via an 8-1 win-loss record that also included two matches in the qualification phase and a 2-0 (22-20, 21-17) sweep of Italy’s Riccardo Santomassimo & Marco Di Felice in the semifinals played earlier on Saturday. Their only defeat was in the pool phase where they were beaten 2-0 (12-21, 16-21) by the same German team of Bungert & Wüst.
“We tried to enjoy ourselves today and seize our moments. They are two good players so we had to produce our A-game to stop them. It was all about our attitude on court, to keep on working and showing that we really want to win no matter how bad the scoreline is,” said Kjemperud.
“It’s been an amazing journey together with a lot of development. Losing to Germany in the quarterfinals of the European Championship and also in the pool here was devastating but we fought through. We kept together and with the help of our coach we were able to take the grip around the gold medal match today. We are really happy about that and it’s an amazing feeling to stand on top of the podium,” he added.
