USA Today · Aug 17, 2016
China's Olympic dominance in badminton will end in Rio
(Photo: The Associated Press)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — China's Olympic dominance in badminton will end in Rio de Janeiro.
The nation swept all five gold medals at the 2012 London Games, but China's attempt to repeat that feat is over even before the gold medal rounds are set to begin Wednesday.
In a major upset on Tuesday, London silver medalist Wang Yihan lost to P.V. Sindhu of India in the quarterfinals.
In mixed doubles, Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying of Malaysia knocked out London silver medalists Xu Chen and Ma Jin of China. The Malaysians will play for gold against Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir of Indonesia, who beat Olympic champions Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei of China.