Badminton

  1. Dan Bethell playing at the Paralympic Games in Paris

  2. Welsh badminton player David Jack Wilson in action

  3. A man smiling holding his medal. He is wearing a red jacket.

  4. The empty Olympic-sized pool is pictured with water staining on the floor and empty red plastic seats in a grandstand to the right.

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  6. Jack Wilson in action for Wales

  7. Colin Bedford, in a sports hall, wearing a white jumper that reads: "Badminton Is Good For You". He is holding a badminton racket and shuttlecock case. He is smiling, with short grey hair and grey sideburns. There are people behind him playing badminton and badminton nets up.

  8. Kirsty Gilmour stretching to hit a shuttlecock with a dark-coloured racket. She is wearing a blue vest and dark shorts. Her dark hair is tied back with a dark-coloured headband.

  9. An Se Young of Korea in action on the court

  10. Men grapple in teams on the floor. Three or four men are entangled on the floor with several more stood close by. They are wearing the Indian strip for the Kabaddi team.

  11. Melplash Church

  12. badminton racket and shuttlecock

  13. Lauren Smith and Marcus Ellis playing doubles

  14. Kirsty Gilmour, wearing her blue Commonwealth Games outfit, lunges forward to try and reach the shuttlecock during a 2014 match at the Games in Glasgow

    15. England's netballers celebrate winning gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

    • Dan Bethell and Krysten Coombs

    • A person holds a badminton racket and shuttlecock

    • China's Liu Yutong and Yin Menglu in action at the Paris Paralympics

    • Krysten Coombs holds his Paralympic bronze medal

    • Tom Pidcock celebrates winning gold

    • Denmark's Axelsen wins men's singles gold

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      Denmark's Viktor Axelsen now has three Olympic medals

      Denmark's Viktor Axelsen successfully defended his Olympic badminton's men's singles competition, defeating Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand 21-11 21-11.

      The two-time world champion, who also won bronze in Rio in 2016, celebrated by handing his racquet to a child in the crowd.

      Vitidsarn took the men's singles title at the 2023 World Championships, but the 23-year-old had to settle for silver in Paris.

      Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia won bronze, defeating India's Lakshya Sen, 13-21 21-16 21-11.