Olympics-Badminton-Danes could give Asian shuttlers a run for their golds
FILE PHOTO: Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Badminton - Men s Singles - Group Stage - MFS - Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Tokyo, Japan - July 24, 2021. Viktor Axelsen of Denmark in action during the match against Luka Wraber of Austria. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
July 25, 2021
By Richa Naidu
TOKYO (Reuters) – Denmark has not won a badminton gold medal since Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen beat China’s Dong Jiong at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics but that could be about to change in Tokyo.
With 11 players – including Viktor Axelsen and Anders Antonsen – ranked in the top 20, Denmark has never had a better shot at medaling at the Games in a sport dominated by Asian countries.
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