History Made – First Pan Am Olympics/Paralympics Medals

Pan Am athletes won the first ever olympic/paralympic medals for the Pan Am region in badminton / Para badminton competitions. Miles Krajewski & Jayci Simon (USA) won the silver medal in Mixed Doubles SH6 event at the Paralympic Games – Para badminton Competition. Vitor Tavares (BRA) got the bronze medal in Men’s Singles SH6 event […]

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After Emotional Opening Win, a Tribute to Family

Text by BWF A father who drove his son 2-1/2 hours one way to training and back for months. A single mother who juggled two jobs to help her daughter pursue Para badminton. These might seem relatively insignificant stories in the larger scheme of things, but it’s through such long-drawn, mostly unacknowledged efforts that the […]

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Punching Above Their Weight

Text by BWF Every edition of the Olympics provides an opportunity for lesser-known players to test their mettle against the established stars. While past editions have seen the odd ‘minnow’ impress against the big fish, Paris 2024 saw several of them step up to the challenge and prove they are not far behind. Here are some of […]

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Mission Reset for Garrido After Feisty Show

Text by BWF “I was thinking about retiring, but I will keep going, I will try 2028,” declared Mexico’s Luis Ramon Garrido, after a sensational spell of badminton that all but took down world No.17 Lee Cheuk Yiu in what could have been the biggest upset of Paris 2024. Garrido made light of the immense gulf in rankings and […]

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Juliana Vieira Sets a Mark for Brazil

Text by BWF Twenty-year-old Juliana Viana Vieira became the first women’s singles player from Brazil to win a match at the Olympics. Vieira had been impressive in her first match as well, in a losing cause to Supanida Katethong, but on Monday she was far more assured in a straight-games result over Hong Kong China’s Lo Sin Yan Happy, […]

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Para Pan Am Players Qualified to Paris 2024

10 Para Pan Am players are officially qualified to the Paralympic Games 2024, including 5 countries representation. Para Pan Am Players Qualified to Paris 2024: MILES KRAJEWSKI – USA JAYCI SIMON – USA GIULIANA POVEDA – PER RUBI FERNANDEZ – PER VITOR TAVARES – BRA PILAR JAUREGUI – PER JAIME ARANGUIZ – CHI YUKA CHOKYU […]

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Pan Am Players Qualified to Paris 2024

18 Pan Am athletes are officially qualified to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. BWF confirmed the players list which will participate in the badminton competition at Paris 2024 Olympic Games, that will be held from July 27 to August 5. Kevin Cordon, who had an amazing performance at Tokyo 2020, has qualified for his fifth Olympics, reaching […]

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