{
  "id": 10404513,
  "title": "Kunlavut, Kean Yew crash tradition with blockbuster Asian Games final",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/kunlavut-kean-yew-crash-tradition-with-blockbuster-asian-games-final",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-28T08:13:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/sports/badminton/2026/09/1543004/kunlavut-kean-yew-crash-tradition-blockbuster-asian-games-final"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "KUALA LUMPUR: World No. 2 badminton player Kunlavut Vitidsarn edged closer to becoming Thailand's first men's singles champion at the Asian Games after securing his place in the final today. The match against Indonesian world No. 10 Alwi Farhan lasted 49 minutes, with Vitidsarn emerging victorious 21-13, 21-15. Aiming for gold, Vitidsarn will face 2021 world champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in the final tomorrow. Kean Yew, who has claimed Singapore's first Asian Games badminton medal and reached the men's singles final, defeated South Korea's Yoo Tae Bin 21-19, 19-21, 21-12 in their semi-final clash.",
  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR: Former world champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn moved within one win of becoming Thailand's first men's singles badminton champion at the Asian Games after reaching the final in Ichinomiya City today.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "'It is a real shame': Rexy rues Pearly-Thinaah's Asian Games defeat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/it-is-a-real-shame-rexy-rues-pearly-thinaahs-asian-games-defeat",
        "published": "2026-09-28T04:57:43.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}