JI SCOOPS FOUR OUT OF FIVE FOR CHINA IBF - A player from nowhere won the gold medal. That is the magic of the Olympics. Ji Xinpeng was the one who caused the biggest upset in this Sydney Games.
CHINA ASSURED OF THREE GOLD MEDALS IBF - The China badminton team are assured of three gold at these Games. After the first gold medal was grabbed by Zhang Jun and Gao Ling in the
mixed doubles, Gong Zhichao beat world champion Camilla Martin 13-10, 11-3.
CHINA BAGS FIRST BADMINTON GOLD IN SYDNEY IBF - 26-09-00 The young Chinese pair, Zhang Jun and Gao Ling eventually got the first
gold medal at stake in the badminton competition of the Sydney Olympics when they beat the experienced and strong Indonesian pair, Tri Kusharyanto and Minarti Timur 1-15, 15-13, 15-11 MIXED FORTUNES FOR THE KOREANS IBF -
The chance was there and they missed it. The reigning men’s doubles world champions Ha Tae Kwon and Kim Dong Moon lost their chance to complete their array of titles with an Olympic gold medal.
CAMILLA UPSETS MIA ON HER WORST DAY
IBF - Suddenly, the dream was over in a way she’d never imagined. Indonesian-born Mia Audina, now representing the Netherlands just couldn’t believe that she was beaten
so easily by Denmark’s Camilla Martin, 11-2, 11-1 ENTERTAINMENT IN THE MIXED DOUBLES
IBF - The afternoon matches of the badminton competition in Sydney featured many
entertaining matches and also showed what the Olympics can offer to the young players who've had new experiences at the biggest sporting event in the world. HIDAYAT AND GADE ON COURSE FOR SYDNEY SEMI-FINAL DUEL
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The stage is set for an epic East meets West semi-final clash at the Olympic Games, with top seed Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia
seeded to meet Denmark's golden boy Peter Gade in the Sydney 2000 draw, released today. |