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

Taufik Hidayat was quick to set the record straight, "I don't have any problems with Lin Dan."
The rivalry between Hidayat, the 2004 Olympic champion from Indonesia, and Lin Dan, the two-time Olympic champion from China, is well documented.
Their encounters on court drove both the Indonesian and Chinese fans

JAKARTA, INDONESIA - JUNE 16:  Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia speaks during a ceremony to officially announced his retirement from professional badminton career during the Badminton Indonesia Open Super Series 2013 on June 16, 2013 in Jakarta, Indonesia. (Photo by Syamsul Bahri Muhammad/Getty Images)

Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia

Taufik Hidayat reveals details of his rivalries with Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei

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Simone

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Armand

Armand Duplantis - Olympics.com

Mikaela

Mikaela SHIFFRIN

Ilia

Ilia Malinin - Olympics.com

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The 2004 Olympic champion from Indonesia opens up about his relationship with fierce rival and double Olympic gold medallist Lin Dan of China, as well as explaining his belief that Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei had poor luck, and sharing how his generation of men's singles badminton players are now helping to promote the sport to future stars.

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Top things to know ahead of the 2021 European Badminton Championships

Taufik Hidayat reveals details of his rivalries with Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei

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