looking at some of the previous year's results... 5 players have won consecutive Gold medals: Ge Fei / Gu Jun WD - 1996 WD - 2000 Zhang Jun / Gao Ling XD - 2000 XD - 2004 Zhang Ning WS - 2004 WS - 2008 1 player has won Gold medal in more than one discipline: Kim Dong Moon XD - 1996 MD - 2004 This year, a couple of records can likely happen: Lin Dan be the first person to win 2 consecutive Gold Medals Yu Yang be the first person to win 2 consecutive Gold Medals with 2 different partners Lee Yong Dae can be the 2nd person 2 win 2 separate event after KDM
I was wondering that too. I was like wait what? And LYD can be the 1st to win at more than 1 discipline in consecutive years
his ex-compatriot (KDM) did it before (as stated in 1st post)...so LYD (2nd person) will follow in KDM's footsteps..
And LCW can be the first gold medal winner for his country. The youngest ever single gold medal winner. The first clean sweep in Olympic badminton history. The first player to win 2 golds at the same game. The list goes on
If INA fails to get Gold, it'll be 1st time in INA badminton history not to get a Gold in badminton...
http://www.badzine.net/features/precious-metals-who-strikes-it-rich-in-olympic-badminton/20528/ Some of the interesting facts gathered in one article Peter Gade has always lost to the eventual gold medalist.. guess we should start watching his matches seriously!
Yes, you guessed it, folks.. 1st time ever in history there has been a mass disqualification of athletes from an Olympic event and none other than thru badminton.. http://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...don-olympics/2012/07/31/gJQAPoerNX_story.html
Now, we have the first badminton player get a medal after lost twice, first in SF then in the bronze match as well. Saina Nehwal of India indeed made history.
That s false. Saina won the bronze. WX retired. If retiring while ahead constitutes a win, badminton would have a record number of retirements in future. That s why when Poland MD injured and retired while ahead of THA MD, THA MD judged as winners. Stop the mind duping.
i didn't actually said retries as a winner. sometime you have a win win situation and sometime a lost lost as in this case. SN lost the game and WX lost the medal.
First match Fixing in WD in Olympic got caught First time 4 pairs being diqualified in Olympic First medal in Badminton for Russia First youngest WS Gold medalist at 21 y/o
<br><br>Err, I think Susi Susanti also won the gold medal at 21 (was born 11 Feb 1971). So LXR is the second
Zhao Yunlei won 2 gold medals at the same Olympics which has never been happened before. Lin Dan won 2 consecutive gold in 4 years: Zhao Yunlei WD - 2012 XD - 2012 Lin Dan MS - 2008 MD - 2012