Badminton
Indonesian badminton Olympic champion focusing on Beijing
Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat from Indonesia will be focusing on training for the All-England championships in March and the Beijing Olympics in August this year.
Hidayat won the gold medal in Athens Olympics 2004.
Read more: Taufik to focus on preparations for All-England, Beijing Olympics
Indonesia hoping for gold in badminton
Indonesia is putting its hopes for an Olympic gold medal in the badminton mixed doubles. Nova Widianto and Lilyana Natsir are ranked second in the world. Team mates Flandy Limpele and Vita Marissa are ranked fourth.
“It has been a tradition for Indonesia to win gold medals at the Olympics and we aim to […]
China won five bronze medals and one gold at the 2007 International Badminton Invitational Tournament held at Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium.
Bronze medals went to Zhao Tingting/Xu Chen in the mixed doubles, Tien Minh Nguyen in the men’s singles, Yang Wei/Zhang Jiewen in the women’s doubles and Xu Chen/Sun Junjie in the mixed […]
Badminton venue hailed as being perfect
The venue for badminton and rhythmic gymnastics has been described as the best ever by the Punch Gunalan, vice-president of Badminton World Federation (BWF). The venue is located in the Beijing University of Technology in southeast Beijing.
The 2007 International Badminton Invitational Tournament is currently being played at the stadium.
“It’s nearly perfect and […]
As part of the Good Luck Beijing 2007 events, the International Badminton Tournament is currently being played in Beijing and goes through to October 14th.
Here is the schedule for the tournament.
It is being played at Beijing University of Technology stadium.
This month’s sports and Olympic events in Beijing
Good Luck Beijing: ITF Tennis Competition
October 18-21. Full details: www.tennis2007.org
Good Luck Beijing: International Badminton Tournament
To be held at Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium www.badminton2007.org
2007 ANA Beijing International Marathon
See the site for more details: Beijing Marathon