KONTAN.CO.ID - TOKYO. From Guatemalan Kevin Cordon's shocking near-bronze to the early exit of Japan's Kento Momota, the Tokyo Games were a series of dramatic upsets, near misses and high emotions. Not one Badminton World Federation top-ranked player or pair won gold at this Olympics. In fact, in men's singles and doubles and women's doubles, the favourites did not medal at all. Japan had initially looked like a serious threat to China's dominance but, despite having home-court advantage and nearly twice as many top-five players, the host nation bagged a solitary bronze medal.
Olympics-Badminton-Status quo upset in Tokyo - what happened?
KONTAN.CO.ID - TOKYO. From Guatemalan Kevin Cordon's shocking near-bronze to the early exit of Japan's Kento Momota, the Tokyo Games were a series of dramatic upsets, near misses and high emotions. Not one Badminton World Federation top-ranked player or pair won gold at this Olympics. In fact, in men's singles and doubles and women's doubles, the favourites did not medal at all. Japan had initially looked like a serious threat to China's dominance but, despite having home-court advantage and nearly twice as many top-five players, the host nation bagged a solitary bronze medal.
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