Olympic Badminton

amazingxkcd

GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts

July 19 2012 22:48 GMT

Olympic Badminton

The Offical Badminton Thread is here for London 2012! I will keep this thread updated for all of the Badminton Events during the Olympics. Grab some popcorn and your empty Shuttle racks because this Olympics will be the best one yet!

Participants:

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Mens

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Singles

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Pablo Abian, Spain
Jin Chen, China
Long Chen, China
Kevin Cordon, Guatemala
Edwin Ekiring, Uganda
Scott Evans, Ireland
Peter Gade, Denmark
Taufik Hidayat, Indonesia
Jen Hao Hsu, Chinese Taipei
Henri Hurskainen, Sweden
***Vladmir Ivanov, Russia***
Jan Ø. Jørgensen, Denmark
Niluka Karunaratne, Sri Lanka
Petr Koukal
Micheal Lahnsteiner, Austria
Ville Lang, Finland
Lee Chong Wei, Malaysia
Hyun Il Lee, South Korea
Brice Leverdez, France
Super Dan, China
Pedro Martins, Portugal
Raul Must, Estonia
Tien Minh Nguyen, Vietnam
Rajiv Ouseph, United Kingdom
Rodrigo Pacheco Carrillo, Peru
Kashyap Parupalli, India
Boonsak Ponsana, Thailand
Mohamed Ajfan Rasheed, Maldives
Simon Santoso, Indonesia
Sho Sasaki, Japan
Virgil Soeroredjo, Suriname
Wan Ho Son, South Korea
**Kenichi Tago, Japan
Yuhan Tan, Belgium
Przemyslaw Wacha, Poland
Derek Wong, Singapore
Wing Ki Wong, Hong Kong
Dmytro Zavadsky, Ukraine
Misha Zilberman, Irsael
Marc Zwiebler, Germany

**This guy could actually be the breakout guy of tournament
***this guy is listed as Doubles 0.o?

Doubles

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Cai Yun / Fu Haifeng
Fang Chieh Min / Lee Sheng Mu
Ross Smith / Glenn Warfe
Ingo Kindervater / Johannes Schoettler
Ko Sung Hyun / Yoo Yeong Seong
Bodin Issara / Maneepong Jongjit
Adam Cwalina / Michal Logosz
Mohammad Ahsan / Bona Septano
Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen
Chai Biao / Guo Zhendong
Dorian Lance James / Willem Viljoen
Vladimir Ivanov / Ivan Sozonov
Chung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae
Howard Bach / Tony Gunawan
Naoki Kawamae / Shoji Sato
Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong

Womens

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Singles

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Yihan Wang, China
Michelle Li, Canada
Yeon Ju Bae, South korea
Jing Yi Tee, Malaysia
Agnese Allegrini, Italy
Shao Cheih Cheng, Chinese Taipei
Neslihan Yigit, Turkey
Simone Prutsch, Denmark
Juan Gu, Singapore
Victoria Na, Australia
Monika Fasungova, SLOVAKIA BITCHES
Saina Nehwal, India
Sabrina Jaquet, Switzerland
Lianne Tan, Belgium
Jie Yao, Netherlands
Ragna Ingolfsdottir, Iceland
Akvile Stapusaitye, Lithuania
Tine Baun
Anatasia Prokopenko, Mother Russia
Kamilla Augustyn, Poland
Sayaka Sato, Japan
Susan Egelstaff, Great Britain
Maja Tvrdy, Slovenia
Hongyan Pi, France
Hadia Hosny, Egypt
Chloe Magee, Ireland
Ji Hyun Sung, South Korea
Pui Yin Yip, Hong Kong
Sara Kvaerno, Norway
Xuerui Li, China
Carolina Marin, Spain
Claudia Rivero, Peru
Ratchanok Intanon, Thailand
Thilini Jayasinghe, Sri Lanka
Telma Santos, Portugal
Juliane Schenk, Germany
Larisa Griga, Sweden
Kristina Gavnholt, Czech Republic
Petya Nedelcheva, Bulgaria
Adrianti Firdasari, Indonesia
Alesia Zaitsava, Belarus
Xin Wang, China
Rena Wang, USA

Doubles

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Wang Xiaoli / Yu Yang
Jung Kyung Eun / Kim Ha Na
Valeri Sorokina / Nina Vislova
Alex Bruce / Michelle Li
Mizuki Fujii / Reika Kakiiwa
Jwala Gutta / Ashwini Ponnappa
Cheng Wen Hsing / Chien Yu Chin
Shinta Sari Mulia / Yao Lei
Ha Jung Eun / Kim Min Jung
Leanne Choo / Renuga Veeran
Michelle Edwards / Annari Viljoen
Meiliana Juahari / Greysia Polii
Tian Qing / Zhao Yunlei
Miyuki Maeda / Satoko Suetsuna
Christinna Pedersen / Kamila Rytter Juhl
Poon Lok Yan / Tse Suet Ying

Mixed

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Doubles

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Zhang Nan / Zhao Yunlei
Alexandr Nikolaenko / Valeri Sorokina
Michael Fuchs / Birgit Michels
Chris Adcock / Imogen Bankier
Joachim Fischer / Christinna Pedersen
Shintaro Ikeda / Shiota Reiko
Toby Ng / Grace Gao
Robort Mateusiak / Nadiezda Zieba
Tontowi Ahmad / Liliyana Natsir
Thomas Laybourn / Kamilla Rytter Juhl
Lee Yong Dae / Ha Jung Eun
Viju D / Jwala Gutta
Xu Chen / Ma Jin
S Prapakamol / S Thoungthongkam
Chan Peng Soon / Goh Liu Ying
Chen Hung Ling / Cheng Wan Hsing

Schedule:

Saturday 28 July – Sunday 5 August

Draws:

Seeded entries

Group Play Draws

Results:

Knock Out Stages
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Mens
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Singles
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Men's Singles Knockout Draws

Doubles
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Men's Double Draws

Womens
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Singles
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Women's Singles Draw

Doubles
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Note that There has been a bunch of DQs here, so please wait for the updated brackets
Women's Doubles

Mixed
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Mixed Doubles

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Offical Badminton page for Olympics

Known Streams

Badminton Link
Sports Lemon TV
Cool Sports TV (Not sure if they have schedule of games :/)
Expat Shield, program to watch UK tv

News

MASSIVE SCANDAL GOING ON IN WOMEN'S DOUBLE OVER BRACKET FIXING!
NEWS!

Badminton Pick'em Pool

For this Olympics, I will introduce a Badminton Pick'em Pool for all events. The events are listed as below, and pick your choices for the top 3 finishes for each Event in the comments

Mens Singles:
Mens Doubles:
Womens Singles:
Womens Doubles:
Mixed Doubles:
Country by Gold medals:
Country by total medals:

Please be advised that all picks must be recorded before the Opening Ceremony in the comments, and that there are no limit on the amount of players you pick from a country. You can say have all players be from China and China taking it all.

To Enter:
1. Copy and paste the events list into your own post.
2. fill in your choices by player name. For doubles, Use last name for each player only

The winner will get $20 from me through paypal . Scoring is simply based on a point system; 3 points for first place, 2 points for second place, 1 point for third place. Also, note that in the case of tie, a streamed bo5 Starcraft: Brood War event will take place to determine winner, games being played on Iccup.

amazingxkcd

GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts

July 19 2012 22:48 GMT

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Fanart and Why ____ will win pieces goes here!. PM me to add yours to here

Current Pick'em Pool Entries
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red4ce
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Mens Singles: 1) Lee Chong Wei (MAS) 2) Lin Dan (CHN) 3) Chen Long (CHN)
Mens Doubles: 1) Cai/Fu (CHN) 2) Jung/Lee (Kor) 3) Mathias/Carsten (DEN)
Womens Singles: 1) Wang Yihan (CHN) 2) Wang Xin (CHN) 3)Saina Nehwal (IND)
Womens Doubles: 1) Wang/Yu (CHN) 2) Tian/Zhao (CHN) 3)Ha/Kim (KOR)
Mixed Doubles: 1) Xu/Ma (CHN) 2) Tontowi/Liliyana (INA) 3)Joachim/Christinna (DEN)

Country by Gold medals: 1st China, 2nd Korea, 3rd Denmark
Country by total medals: 1st China, 2nd Korea, 3rd Denmark

exalted
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Mens Singles: Gold: Lin Dan -- Silver: LCW -- Bronze: Chen Long
Mens Doubles: Gold: Dae / Sung -- Silver: Biao / Zhendong -- Bronze: Fu / Cai
Womens Singles: Gold: Wang Yihan -- Silver: Tine Baun -- Bronze: Wang Xin
Womens Doubles: Gold: Yunlei / Qing -- Silver: Xiaoli / Yang -- Bronze: Eun / Jung
Mixed Doubles: Gold: Nan / Yunlei -- Silver: Chen / Jin -- Bronze: Ahmad / Natsir
Country by Gold medals: China will take most medals, followed by Korea, then Malaysia
"Country by total medals: 1. China 2. Korea 3. Denmark

Raysalis
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Mens Singles: 1) Lin Dan (CHN) 2) Lee Chong Wei (MAS) 3) Chen Jin (CHN)
Mens Doubles: 1) Chung/Lee (KOR) 2) Cai/Fu (CHN) 3) Ko/You (KOR)
Womens Singles: 1) Wang Yihan (CHN) 2) Wang Xin (CHN) 3) Saina Nehwal (IND)
Womens Doubles: 1) Wang/Yu (CHN) 2) Tian/Zhao (CHN) 3)Ha/Kim (KOR)
Mixed Doubles: 1) Zhang/Zhao (CHN) 2) Xu/Ma (CHN) 3) Ahmad/Natsir (INA)

Country by Gold medals: 1) China 2) Korea 3) Malaysia
Country by total medals: 1) China 2) Korea 3) Malaysia

blabber
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Mens Singles: 1) Lin Dan 2) Lee Chong Wei 3) Taufik Hidayat
Mens Doubles: 1) Chung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae 2) Cai Yun / Fu Haifeng 3) Biao/Zhendong
Womens Singles: 1) Wang Yihan 2) Wang Xin 3) Li Xuerui
Womens Doubles: 1) Wang Xiaoli / Yu Yang 2) Ha Jung Eun / Kim Min Jung 3)Tian Qing / Zhao Yunlei
Mixed Doubles: 1) Zhang/Zhao 2) Xu/Ma 3) Ahmad/Natsir

Country by Gold medals: 1) China 2) Korea 3) Malaysia
Country by total medals: 1) China 2) Korea 3) Indonesia

theSAiNT
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Mens Singles: 1) Lee Chong Wei, 2) Lin Dan, 3) Chen Long
Mens Doubles: 1) Cai/Fu, 2) Jung/Lee, 3) Boe/Mogensen
Womens Singles: 1) Wang Yihan, 2) Li Xuerui, 3) Wang Xin
Womens Doubles: 1) Wang/Yu, 2) Tian/Zhao, 3) Ha/Kim
Mixed Doubles: 1) Xu/Ma, 2) Zhang/Zhao, 3) Ahmad/Natsir
Country by Gold medals: 1) China, 2) Korea, 3) Malaysia
Country by total medals: 1) China, 2) Korea, 3) Denmark

rebs
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Mens Singles: 1) Lin Dan, 2) Lee Chong Wei, 3) Taufik Hidayat
Mens Doubles: 1)Jung/Lee, 2)Cai/Fu , 3) Boe/Morg
Womens Singles: 1) Li Xuerui, 2) Wang Yihan, 3) Wang Shixian
Womens Doubles: 1) Wang/Yu, 2) Tian/Zhao, 3) Ha/Kim
Mixed Doubles: 1) Xu/Ma, 2) Zhang/Zhao, 3) Ahmad/Natsir

Country by Gold medals: 1) China, 2) Korea, 3) Malaysia (although I dont think golds are going outside China and Korea)
Country by Medals : 1) China, 2) Korea 3) Malaysia

Advantageous

China1350 Posts

July 19 2012 23:24 GMT

olympics is like the only time i get to watch badminton on tv...

amazingxkcd

GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts

July 19 2012 23:28 GMT

I know that feel bro, but some events are possible to watch online

Badminton World TV

ahswtini

Northern Ireland22212 Posts

July 19 2012 23:31 GMT

Hope to see some Taufik magic :D

zylog

Canada943 Posts

July 19 2012 23:33 GMT

I haven't watched badminton in ages! Is Lin Dan still the best? How about Lee Yon Dae for doubles/mixed?

amazingxkcd

GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts

July 19 2012 23:35 GMT

On July 20 2012 08:31 ahswtini wrote:
Hope to see some Taufik magic :D

Nah, watch Lee chong Wei rape everyone with the anger that he stored from his ankle injury. kekekekekeke

Deleted User 135096

3624 Posts

July 20 2012 02:33 GMT

OMG, most amazing racket sport EVER! Also when did TL get a London Olympics subforum? Oh wait, today yes?

AirbladeOrange

United States2574 Posts

July 20 2012 02:42 GMT

I am really excited to see some shuttlecocks being smashed into people's faces at over 200 miles per hour.

Medrea

10003 Posts

July 20 2012 02:44 GMT

#10

This sport is the sport of Kings.

I love badminton. Ultra high speed. And AFAIK drugs are simply not a part of it since they don't give a serious advantage.

Too bad it never took off on TV. Understable though as TV for a long time was 24 FPS and.... yeah that's not gonna work.

Souma

2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts

July 20 2012 03:06 GMT

#11

I've been wanting to watch badminton on television for so long... T_T Hopefully the stream's good.

Medrea

10003 Posts

July 20 2012 03:15 GMT

#12

They should do what they used to do for hockey games.

Where they digitally traced the path of the puck when it moved at high speed so people just getting into the sport can see whats going on. That was amazing.

amazingxkcd

GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts

July 20 2012 03:52 GMT

#13

It was on TV when I went to china to train badminton last summer

zylog

Canada943 Posts

July 20 2012 04:00 GMT

#14

On July 20 2012 11:44 Medrea wrote:
And AFAIK drugs are simply not a part of it since they don't give a serious advantage.

I believe that the `99 world champion in men's doubles Sigit from Indonesia was banned for several years from competition after getting caught using performance enhancing drugs. I'm not sure why you don't think drugs would not give a serious advantage. First of all, there is improved strength and explosiveness which is quite desirable for any athlete. Furthermore, the improvement in recovery ability would allow a drugged athlete to train far more frequently, which would have an impact on technical skill too.

On July 20 2012 12:15 Medrea wrote:
They should do what they used to do for hockey games.

Where they digitally traced the path of the puck when it moved at high speed so people just getting into the sport can see whats going on. That was amazing.

I remember that feature not being so popular here in Canada back when FOX did it years ago. More practically, I think it would be hard to replace part of the weight of a badminton shuttle with the tracking device without affecting its weight distribution and movement.

Medrea

10003 Posts

July 20 2012 04:05 GMT

#15

You raise a fair point on the strength part. Strength does equal speed here.

Ktk

Korea (South)753 Posts

July 20 2012 04:07 GMT

#16

Korea to win a single gold this year, just like last year.

drew-chan

Malaysia1517 Posts

July 20 2012 04:20 GMT

#17

so how will chong wei fail this time

Ghostcom

Denmark4783 Posts

July 20 2012 10:46 GMT

#18

DENMARK FIGHTING! Predicting us to go to at least the semis in mix but gold is a definite possibility. Got a feeling China/LCW is going to sweep the rest, but I'm looking forward to the Lin Dan/LCW matchup which HAS to happen like I'm looking forward to the OSL finals - aka like a little child!

With regards to the low amount of doping going on:
There isn't really a lot of money involved in Badminton. Furthermore actual strength is such a little part of badminton compared to technique which is also what makes it such a great sport.

ReturnStroke

United States801 Posts

July 20 2012 10:56 GMT

#19

I love badminton. How could I not know this was a thing?

animus128

Germany43 Posts

July 20 2012 13:14 GMT

#20

Really looking forward to the olympics

Singles are usually not that intense on TV but doubles sure are! Probably the only olympic discipline i will watch (maybe field hockey but thats basically it).

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