Badminton: Beijing is a minefield
                   
nst.com.my     Jul 3, 2008            

NATIONAL singles coach Misbun Sidek has rated the Beijing Olympics men's singles field as the toughest since badminton was included in the 1992 edition in Barcelona. Misbun said China's World No 1 Lin Dan has a slight edge over the other contenders due to the home-ground advantage. Malaysia's World No 2 Lee Chong Wei is one of the contenders for gold. The men's singles, according to Misbun, will be even more unpredictable if the results of the last four international events are anything to go by -- Park Sung Hwan of South Korea winning the Asian Championships in April, Chong Wei taking the Singapore Open, Sony Dwi Kuncoro triumphing at home in the Indonesia Open and Lin Dan winning the Thailand Open last week. Besides them, Misbun also said Lee Hyun Il of South Korea, Denmark's Peter Gade Christensen and Kenneth Jonassen,... [read full story]                    


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