Dethroned Chinese world champions Wang Jianan and Feng Bin bounced back to win Asian Games gold on Sunday in front of a delirious home crowd and then set their sights on the Paris 2024 Olympics.Feng emphatically bounced back in Hangzhou, throwing a new Games-record 67.93m on her opening attempt.
ALL ENGLAND 2021 Preview – Anomaly in the evolution narrative
The All England tournament shall stoically carry on inside a stadium sans spectators while Britain cautiously embarks on easing its second COVID-19 lockdown. Our preview specialist, Aaron Wong, continues charting the evolution of the sport against the backdrop of troubled times.
By Aaron Wong. Photos: Badmintonphoto
Birmingham COVID-19 numbers for February 5th, 2021
As of the entry deadline for the 2021 All England, February 9, an athlete’s decision on whether to participate was informed by knowledge that 3328 confirmed new COVID-19 cases were detected in the preceding week for the city of Birmingham, where the venue is. Granted that was remarkably down from a scary weekly total of 1100 cases higher seven days prior.