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Gao Ling won a total of 4 olympic medals in badminton, with 2 being consecutive mixed doubles gold Badminton is a sport contested at the Summer Olympic Games . Badminton was first held as a demonstration sport at the 1972 Summer Olympics , and was an exhibition sport at the 1988 Summer Olympics ; the men's and women's singles and doubles have ...
The 1972 Summer Olympics saw the inaugural staging of badminton, as a demonstration sport.Two decades later, after a successful exhibition at the 1988 games, the sport was officially introduced to the Olympics in 1989, and debuted in competition at the 1992 Games where 4 events were held, with singles and doubles events for both men and women.
She achieved a rare feat by winning medals from the quintet of badminton tournaments – the Olympics, the World Championships, the Commonwealth Games, the Asian Championships and the Asian Games. At the Denmark Open, Nehwal was unseeded. She defeated Hongkonger Cheung Ngan Yi scoring 20–22, 21–17, 24–22 in her favour.
In 2018, short track speed skater and two-time Olympic gold medalist Shim Suk-hee spoke out about allegedly being repeatedly raped by her former coach; a 22-year-old triathlete died by suicide in ...
It was gold and diamonds for China badminton player Huang Ya Qiong at the Olympics on Friday. Huang and partner Zheng Siwei beat South Korea’s Kim Won-ho and Jeong Na-eun 21-8, 21-11 in mixed ...
From winning a gold medal to getting engaged, the 2024 Paris Olympics have been filled with happy milestones for China badminton player Huang Yaqiong. Shortly after Huang and her mixed doubles ...
It was their first Olympic medal, the country's first from badminton women's doubles, and the only gold won by the contingent in 2020 Olympics. Indonesia also became the second country to have medaled in each of the five Olympic badminton events, after China completed the feat at the 2012 Olympics. [1]
This is a partial list of athletes who Youth Olympic and Olympic gold medalists, listing people who have won at least one Youth Olympics and Olympic gold medals.. Names in Bold denote people that have competed in the most recent Youth Olympics, namely the 2020 Lausanne Winter Youth Olympics and the 2018 Buenos Aires Summer Youth Olympics or the most recent Olympics, namely the 2022 Beijing ...