Race to Rio Archive

Tripartite trios for Rio

Posted on May 18, 2016 | No Comments
After news surfaced earlier in the week that Niluka Karunaratne of Sri Lanka had been awarded a spot in the Rio Olympic badminton competition through the Tripartite Commission, through unofficial […]
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Additional Rio qualifying news trickles in

Posted on May 17, 2016 | No Comments
The Sri Lanka Badminton Association announced yesterday that Portuguese International Series winner Niluka Karunaratne had been awarded a spot in the Rio Olympics through the Tripartite Commission. Niluka was one […]
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Shin Baek Cheol to stay home from Rio?

Posted on May 12, 2016 | No Comments
The Badminton Korea Association (BKA) gave an early signal this week that former Asian Games gold medallist and World Champion Shin Baek Cheol would not be selected to represent Korea […]
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RACED TO RIO – Who made it?

Posted on May 2, 2016 | No Comments
The Race to Rio is over and now it is time to sift through the numbers and see who has earned the right to chase their Olympic dream this summer. […]
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RACE TO RIO – Only champions can change things now

Posted on April 30, 2016 | No Comments
With just two days remaining in the Olympic qualification period, the prospects hang in the balance for just three Rio hopefuls but only champions on two continents can change things […]
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Upset and rule change send Lee to Rio?

Posted on April 29, 2016 | No Comments
Lee Dong Keun booked his spot in the Rio Olympics as the second Korean representative but along with his second straight win over Hu Yun, he benefited from a mysterious […]
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RACE TO RIO – One more double in jeopardy

Posted on April 25, 2016 | No Comments
Just over a week remains in the race to qualify for the Rio Olympics but developments in Tahiti have left both men’s singles and doubles spots in the balance as […]
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ORLEANS INT’L – Lauren and Heather get closer to Olympic dream

Posted on April 12, 2016 | No Comments
England’s Heather Olver and Lauren Smith took some important points for their qualification to Rio’s Olympics when they bagged the title in Orleans. Other winners are Denmark’s Grebak/Christiansen in mixed, […]
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