Badminton

The best badminton players in Europe will converge in Kyiv for the 2021 European Badminton Championships from 27 April to 2 May.
Four of the five reigning champions will be in Ukraine aiming to defend their crowns, with Spain's Carolina Marin looking for an unprecedented fifth women's singes title in

CHOFU, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 16:  Carolina Marin of Spain celebrates after winning a point in the women's singles final match against Nozomi Okuhara of Japan on day six of the Yonex Japan Open at Musashino Forest Sports Plaza on September 16, 2018 in Chofu, Tokyo, Japan.  (Photo by Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images)

Carolina Marin of Spain

Top things to know ahead of the 2021 European Badminton Championships

Find out how a badminton player ranks when compared basketball players. We took Team GB Olympic medallist Marcus Ellis to a sports science lab to see what it takes to be a badminton champion.
With the help of fellow Olympian Lolo Jones, each episode of our sports science original series Anatomy of studies the powers and physiques of an elite athlete to find out what makes them special in their sport.

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Originals

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Anatomy of a Badminton Player: Is Marcus Ellis One of the Fittest Olympians?

Three-time Rio 2016 medallist and 2017 world champion Tori Bowie is one of the greatest sprinters of her generation.
What makes her a world class champion in short distance running?
In the new season of the Olympic Channel original series Anatomy of, the 29-year-old has been pushed to the max

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Tori Bowie

Sprinting ace Tori Bowie: 'My best strength? I never give up'

Fu Haifeng/Zhang Nan (CHN) 2 - 1 Goh V. Shem/Tan Wee Kiong (MAS)

Rio 2016 | Olympic Games

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Badminton: Men's Doubles Gold Match | Rio 2016 Replays

Marcus Ellis/Chris Langridge (GBR) 2 - 1 Chai Biao/Hong Wei (CHN)

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Badminton: Men's Doubles Bronze Match | Rio 2016 Replays

Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge win Great Britain's first Badminton Medal in Men's Doubles

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GB pair win Badminton bronze

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Armand

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Ilia

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The best badminton players in the world are set to take center stage at the BWF World Championships 2022 in Tokyo, Japan, from 22-28 August.
The competition is expected to be extremely close will all five reigning champions - Loh Kean Yew in men's singles, Yamaguchi Akane in women's singles,

Badminton | TotalEnergies BWF World Championships | Tokyo

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - JULY 02: Viktor Axelsen of Denmark competes in the Men's Singles Semi Finals match against Jonatan Christie of Indonesia on day five of the Petronas Malaysia Open at Axiata Arena on July 02, 2022 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Photo by Annice Lyn/Getty Images)

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Badminton World Championships 2022: Preview, schedule & how to watch the stars in action

The best badminton players in their continent are set to take centerstage at the 2022 European Championships in Madrid, Spain, from 25-30 April.
Rio 2016 Olympic gold medallist Carolina Marin will make her return to competition after the five-time title holder recovered from the ACL injury that prevented her from

NANJING, CHINA - AUGUST 05:  Carolina Marin of Spain hits a shot against Sindhu Pusarla of India in the women's singles final on day 7 of Total BWF World Championships at Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Sport Park on August 5, 2018 in Nanjing, China.  (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

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Badminton 2022 European Championships: Preview, schedule & how to watch the stars in action

Olympic gold medallist Carolina Marin is set to return to competition at badminton's 2022 European Championships in Madrid, Spain, from 25-30 April.
The five-time title holder has recovered from the ACL injury that prevented her from competing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
With no European Championships held in 2020

CHOFU, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 13:  Carolina Marin of Spain competes in the Women's Singles second round match against Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand on day three of the Yonex Japan Open at Musashino Forest Sports Plaza on September 13, 2018 in Chofu, Tokyo, Japan.  (Photo by Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images)

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Badminton 2022 European Championships draw sees opening round byes for top seeds Carolina Marin and Viktor Axelsen

The Indian badminton pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa won their opening round mixed doubles encounter at the Swiss Open in Basel, Switzerland on Tuesday.
The Indian badminton pair beat second-seeded Indonesians Hafiz Faizal and Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja 21-18, 21-10.
Satwik-Ashwini had achieved their career-best ranking of 19th in

Satwik-Ashwini progress to second round at Swiss Open badminton

Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith are on a journey together.
The badminton mixed doubles pair's partnership on-court has also developed into an off-court relationship and they shared exclusively with Olympic Channel how they strike a balance between the two as they gear up for the biggest challenge yet, qualifying for

Great Britain's mixed doubles pair Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith

Badminton couple Ellis and Smith on pursuing their Olympic dream together

Great Britain's mixed doubles pair, who are also a couple in life, are aiming to clinch the qualification spot for the upcoming Games in Japan so they can pursue their dream of clinching an Olympic medal together.

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Ellis and Smith, a successful partnership on and off the badminton court

Okuhara Nozomi beat Olympic badminton champion Carolina Marin to claim the Denmark Open title on Sunday (18 October).
Japan's 2017 world champion won when the two met in last year's semi-finals, and she was victorious again in Odense 21-19, 21-17.
Okuhara had lost her previous seven finals - including at

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Okuhara Nozomi beats Carolina Marin to take Denmark Open; Anders Antonsen wins all-Danish men's final

Badminton will mark its return to international competition for the first time in seven months, with the Denmark Open from 13 to 18 October.
The last global tournament to be played before the Covid pandemic brought the world and sport grinding to a halt, was the All England Open in

 Anders Antonsen of Denmark competes in the men's singles match against Sameer Verma of India on day two of the Daihatsu Yonex Japan Open Badminton Championships, Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games test event at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza on July 24, 2019 in Chofu, Tokyo, Japan

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Top things to know ahead of the 2021 European Badminton Championships

Anatomy of a Badminton Player: Is Marcus Ellis One of the Fittest Olympians?

Sprinting ace Tori Bowie: 'My best strength? I never give up'

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Olympic Results

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Top things to know ahead of the 2021 European Badminton Championships

Anatomy of a Badminton Player: Is Marcus Ellis One of the Fittest Olympians?

Sprinting ace Tori Bowie: 'My best strength? I never give up'

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Olympic Results

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