Top seeds Viktor Axelsen and Carolina Marín were defeated in their respective singles finals at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Finals in Bangkok today, results which ended their ambitions of completing a clean sweep of titles in the Asian leg of the tour.
Denmark's Anders Antonsen, the third seed in the men's singles, was eliminated in the opening round of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Yonex Thailand Open, but women's Olympic champion Carolina Marín had no such issues and made a strong start.
Third seed Anders Antonsen came out on top in a thrilling tussle with Danish compatriot Rasmus Gemke to win the men’s singles title at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Denmark Open.
Rasmus Gemke and Anders Antonsen will meet in an all-Danish final tomorrow after advancing in straight games in the men’s semi-finals of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Denmark Open.
Defending champion Anders Antonsen beat home favourite Jonatan Christie in three games, booking his place in the men's singles semi-finals at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Indonesia Masters in Jakarta.
Denver were awarded the 1976 Winter Olympic Games ahead of Sion in Switzerland, Tempere in Finland and Vancouver in Canada at the International Olympic Committee Session in 1970. But in a Colorado referendum in November 1972, voters rejected funding for the event. It is the only time a city has been awarded the Olympics but pulled out. The IOC then offered the Games to Whistler in Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of Government following elections. Salt Lake City offered to host the Games, but the IOC, still reeling from the Denver rejection, declined and selected Innsbruck, the 1964 host city, as a replacement.
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