Rio de Janeiro: World No. 1 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia and 2-time Olympic champion Lin Dan of China will meet for a 37th time, this time with a spot in the 2016 Olympic final on the line.
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Rio de Janeiro: The fast and furious Malaysians Goh V Shem and Tan Wee Kiong pulled off a huge upset after defeating Chinese duo of Chai Biao and Hong Wei to reach the men’s doubles final at the Rio Olympics on Tuesday.
Rio de Janeiro: After beating Robert Mateusiak-Nadiezda Zieba of Poland in the quarterfinals with 21-17, 21-10, Malaysian mixed doubles pair of Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying has worked hard to ensure at least a silver medal for Malaysia when they reached the mixed doubles final on Monday.
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Rio de Janeiro: The London Olympics bronze medallist and world No. 5 Saina Nehwal’s Rio Olympics journey has come to a shocking end on Sunday, with the Indian shuttler losing to Ukraine’s Marija Ulitina in straight games.
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From David Chelliah
Rio de Janeiro: Untested Datuk Lee Chong Wei enroute to his final bid for the gold medal began at the Rio Olympic Games when he breezed through into the quarterfinals here Sunday.
Continue reading Lee Chong Wei advances to quarterfinals at Rio 2016 Olympics
Rio: Two time Olympic champion in the badminton men’s singles event, Lin Dan, was given a thorough work out by his Russian opponent Vladimir Malkov at the Rio Olympics.
Continue reading Lin Dan digs deep to beat Vladimir Malkov in Rio
From David Chelliah
Rio: Malaysia’s men’s doubles pair Goh V Shem-Tan Wee Kiong booked a berth in the quarterfinals with an easy 21-12, 21-10 win over American’s pair Phillip Chew-Sattawat Pongnairat in the second Group B match at the Rio Olympics Games here, Friday.
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Rio: World number one Datuk Lee Chong Wei made short work of his opponent in his bid to win the country’s first ever Olympic gold medal with an effortless win in a Group A match at Pavilion 4, Riocentro here today.
Continue reading Lee Chong Wei rolls on to win an easy opener in Rio
Rio: Lin Dan and the Chinese badminton team have finally arrived at the Olympic village in Rio after spending last 10 days in Sao Paulo.
However, Lin Dan is braced for a tough defence of his gold medal as he bids to create an unprecedented record in the history of badminton, which is to capture his third Olympic gold in Rio.
Rio de Janeiro: With the Olympic badminton events kicking off just four days (August 11, Brazil time) from today, players from badminton powerhouse China are sharing some serious and light moments during their training sessions in Sao Paulo.
Continue reading Around the China badminton training camp in Brazil
