By Ian Ransom
Reio de Janeiro: Fu Haifeng and Zhang Nan held firm in a furious men’s doubles final on Friday to win the title for China after their Malaysian opponents froze twice when within reach of grabbing their nation’s first ever Olympic gold medal.
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Rio Olympics 2016: Carolina Marin wins badminton women’s singles gold
Rio de Janeiro: Carolina Marin of Spain has beaten P.V. Sindhu of India to take gold in women’s singles badminton.
Her victory Friday signals a clear end to China’s previous lock on Olympic badminton power. Marin fell face first on the court, then kneeled and wept after her 2-1 victory.
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Rio 2016: Pedersen/Juhl beat Yu/Tang to end Chinese reign in women’s doubles
Rio de Janeiro: Denmark’s Christinna Pedersen and Kamilla Rytter Juhl reached the Olympic badminton women’s doubles final on Tuesday after they put an end to China’s 20-year stranglehold on the Olympic women’s doubles title by beating China’s second-ranked pair Yu Yang and Tang Yuanting 21-16, 14-21, 21-19.
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Goh V Shem-Tan Wee Kiong beat World No. 1 Lee Yong Dae/Yoo Yeon Seong to reach Rio semis
Rio de Janeiro: Top Malaysian men’s doubles pair Goh V Shem/Tan Wee Kiong stood the pressure to stun world number one pair Lee Yong Dae/Yoo Yeon Seong from South Korea to qualify for the men’s doubles semifinals at the Rio Olympic Games here, yesterday.
Carolina Marin playing with renewed confidence in Rio Olympics
Rio: World No. 1 women’s singles player and Spain’s biggest gold medal hope in badminton – Carolina Marin told reporters “I am a new Carolina,” at a press conference in Rio.
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Scotland’s Kirsty Gilmour is ready for 2016 Rio Olympics
Kirsty Gilmour admits 2015 will be a big year as she sets her sights on qualification for the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Scotland’s highest-ranked badminton singles player has her sights firmly set on the start of the year-long Olympic qualifying race in May, and Bothwell ace Gilmour is keen to get started following her Christmas break.
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