Wuhan: After winning two out of five gold medals offered at the Badminton Asia Championships (BAC) on Sunday, China has enough or in some categories, more than enough shuttlers to secure the maximum Olympic quota slots allocated for each country.
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Kuala Lumpur: Although Japanese young badminton star Kento Momota who has been denied a spot on Japan’s team for this summer’s Rio de Janeiro Olympics after receiving an indefinite suspension from the Nippon Badminton Association on April 10, 2016 for his visit to an illegal casino, but he hadn’t officially been removed from the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Ranking, until this Thursday.
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New Delhi: The world No. 17 men’s singles player Parupalli Kashyap who is still battling his knee injury, has pulled out from the Malaysia Open Super Series Premier and Singapore Open Super Series.
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aJakarta: For this year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI) still relied heavily on Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan to bring home the nation’s first Olympic gold medal since Hendra Setiawan and Markis Kido last won it at the 2008 Beijing Olympics by defeating Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng 12–21, 21–11, 21–16 in the men’s doubles final.
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Kuala Lumpur: Lee Chong Wei’s Olympic gold medal hopes have been dashed … twice by the same player – Lin Dan, both in the 2008 and 2012 Olympic men’s singles finals. While gearing up for the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games, Lee Chong Wei’s coach Tey Seu Bock admitted that Lin Dan remained the major hurdle in Lee’s bid for his first-ever Olympic gold at Rio Games.
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Rio de Janeiro: Although it was just a Grand Prix tournament, China continued its dominance in badminton with another set of exemplary performances as the Chinese produced a clean sweep to win all five titles on offer at the Brasil Open on Sunday.
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Rio de Janeiro: China’s five-time world champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist Lin Dan will become the biggest star to participate in the Brasil Open to be held from November 24 to November 29 in Rio de Janeiro.
Rio De Janeiro:In an exclusive interview with Rio2016.com published on Wednesday, Chinese badminton superstar Lin Dan talked about his quest for a third–consecutive title at Rio Olympics.
“I am training hard to prepare for Rio – the Olympics is our main focus now – but I don’t want to think too much at this moment about what I might achieve there,” Lin said.
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Ibiza: Two-time world champion Carolina Marin said she is looking forward to continuing her badminton success at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Speaking to reporters at a press conference in Ibiza, Carolina Marin said she has always wanted to fulfill her childhood dream of bagging a gold medal at the highest level of badminton such as the World Championships and the Olympics.
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Kuala Lumpur: The road to become an Olympic Champion is a grueling process that brings most men to their knees long before they ever get close. Badminton is a very demanding sport at any level of competition, but to play at the highest level imaginable requires a grit and determination that, for some, may quit before they can see the light at the end of the tunnel. For Lee Chong Wei, who suffered his fourth consecutive world championship final defeat – and second straight by Chen Long – on Sunday, has earned a lot of respect from badminton fans and players around the world through his perseverance and determination.
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