GB Badminton

[Rafa Maciel 1,594]

This has been going under the radar but it looks like we're heading for a big reduction in the size of our Badminton team going into Paris.

 

Kirsty Gilmour is safe in women's singles and we should get a spot in the men's doubles with Lane/Vendy but that could be it - no mixed doubles, no women's doubles and no men's singles (although that's not as surprising given the retirement of Toby Penty). 

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2 hours ago, Rafa Maciel said:

This has been going under the radar but it looks like we're heading for a big reduction in the size of our Badminton team going into Paris.

 

Kirsty Gilmour is safe in women's singles and we should get a spot in the men's doubles with Lane/Vendy but that could be it - no mixed doubles, no women's doubles and no men's singles (although that's not as surprising given the retirement of Toby Penty). 

In the big hitter sports for GB : Athletics, Swimming, Cycling, Rowing, Canoe Slalom, Triathlon, Sailing, Equestrian - things still seem pretty solid for the system.

 

But in certain outlier sports there seems to be swift moves backwards - Badminton, Judo, Table Tennis, Archery, Fencing