Friday, July 22, 2011

Now and then: Badminton

The London 2012 Badminton competition will be held at Wembley Arena.

Badminton was a demonstration sport at Munich 1972 but had to wait until Barcelona 1992 before making its first full-medal appearance at the Games.

Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms of Great Britain competed against Hyojung Lee and Yongdae Lee of Korea in the mixed doubles Badminton quarter-final at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Hyojung Lee and Yongdae Lee�went on to win the match.

http://www.london2012.com/Badminton 440x220

Susy Susant of Indonesia prepares to serve the shuttlecock during�a Badminton match at the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games. Susy went on to win the women's singles gold medal and become the first Indonesian athlete to win an Olympic title.

http://www.london2012.com/Badminton 1992

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