Gilmour's Olympics over after loss to Bingjiao

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Kirsty Gilmour faded in the second game of her defeat to He Bingjiao

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Kirsty Gilmour lost her second group match to China's He Bingjiao which knocks her out of the badminton women's singles.

The 30-year-old is representing Team GB in her third Olympic games and has never reached the knockout stages.

The Scot pushed Bingjiao close in the opening game, losing 24-22 but, in the second game Bingjiao, who is ranked eighth in the world, comfortably won 21-8 to progress to the last-16 phase as the round-robin group winner.

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