Badminton at Paris 2024 Olympics: Preview, full schedule and how to watch live
After a qualifying race spanning 52 weeks, itâs time to get this show on the road.
A total of 173 players are set to contest the Olympic Games Paris 2024 badminton competition from 27 July to 5 August at the sparkling new Porte de La Chapelle Arena.
Across the sportâs five disciplines - singles and doubles in both gender plus mixed doubles - the group stage will be followed by the knockout phase. Seeds are based on the BWF world rankings dated 9 July.
In singles, each group winner will advance to the round of 16. In doubles, the top two from each group go through to the quarter-finals where they will be redrawn.
The five finals will be played over the last four days of the 10-day competition.
Below, we take a look at the key players to watch out for, as well as a full schedule and how to watch the action live.
Badminton stars to watch at Paris 2024 Olympics
Of those who topped the podium three years ago at Tokyo 2020, both singles champions - Viktor Axelsen of Denmark and Chen Yufei of the Peopleâs Republic of China - return for their title defense.
With the retirement of former world No. 1 and world champion Momota Kento and reigning silver medallist Chen Long, the playing field has leveled out beyond Axelsen and Chen. Shi Yuqi has unseated Axelsen as the worldâs top-ranked male shuttler but anyone in the top 10 has a shot at gold.
The same could be said for the women with world No. 1 An Seyoung of the Republic of Korea hungry to dethrone Chen. Donât count out Chinese Taipeiâs Tokyo 2020 runner-up Tai Tzu-ying, a resurgent Rio 2016 gold medallist Carolina Marin and Yamaguchi Akane, the one-time No. 1 who is far better than her No. 5 ranking if she has put her recent injuries behind her.
On the doubles side however, the womenâs and mixed gold medallists Greysia Polii/Apriyani Rahayu and Wang Yilyu/Huang Dongping, respectively, have been dissolved while menâs champions Lee Yang/Wang Chi-lin are a shade of their form from the previous Games.
In all likelihood, we should see a changing of the guard in the three pairs events with a potential Chinese sweep - Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang (M), Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan (W) and Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong (MD).
Women's singles world No. 1 An Seyoung has her eyes on a gold medal.
Full badminton schedule at Olympic Games 2024
Badminton is due to take place from 27 July to 5 August during Paris 2024. Click here for a day-by-day schedule.
How to watch Paris 2024 badminton live
All the action from Paris 2024, including badminton, can be watched via media rights holders (MRHs).
MRHs include Nine in Australia, Globo in Brazil, CBC in Canada, CCTV in People's Republic of China, Fuji TV/NHK/Nippon TV/TBS/TV Asahi/TV Tokyo in Japan, SKY NZ in New Zealand, SuperSport in South Africa, NBC in the United States, and Discovery Eurosport across Europe, alongside France Télévisions in France, ARD/ZDF in Germany, and BBC Sport in the United Kingdom, among others.
Check listings in other regions for your local broadcaster.