Chris Langridge saw 21 years of graft come to fruition as he was named in Team GB’s badminton squad, and he admits he is now desperate to succeed at his ‘sporting pinnacle’. Langridge and doubles partner Marcus Ellis have undergone a rapid upturn in fortunes since they joined forces two years ago [...]
Rajiv Ouseph is through to the men’s singles knockout stages with a comfortable two-game victory over Japan’s Sho Sasaki in Rio. With both Ouseph and Sasaki having beaten Czech Republic’s Petr Koukal in their opening Group I match, the tension of this must-win clash showed in the first game. [...]
Ouseph draws inspiration from teammates to reach last eight Rajiv Ouseph believes anything is possible after becoming the first British man to reach the last eight of the Olympic badminton men’s singles in Rio. Ouseph had never beaten Indonesia’s Tommy Sugiarto in their five previous encounters but kept his nerve [...]
The Rio 2016 Olympic Games has been a huge success for GB Badminton culminating in Chris Langridge and Marcus Ellis making history by securing Team GB’s first ever Men’s Doubles medal. Rajiv Ouseph also made history to become the first Briton to reach the Olympic quarter-finals of the Men’s [...]
Head coach Jakob Hoi has urged badminton players across the country – not just at a social, club and county level but also the elite shuttlers – to take inspiration from Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge’s bronze medal success. Ellis and Langridge produced a string of outstanding performances at [...]
Chris Langridge and Marcus Elliswill have no fear when they take on their Chinese men’s doubles opponents later with head coach Jakob Hoi insisting the duo have never been better prepared to try and claim an Olympic medal. Not since Gail Emms MBE and Nathan Robertson won mixed doubles [...]
Chris Langridge and Marcus Ellis promised ‘something special’ and they duly delivered, winning Olympic men’s doubles bronze in stunning style. The Brits had already exceeded expectations having arrived in Rio ranked 22nd in the world, claiming the scalps of the third and eighth ranked pairs. But they wanted more, [...]
GB’s badminton stars Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge were greeted to a heroes’ welcome at Heathrow airport today. National media, Badminton England staff, friends, family and fans packed out the arrivals hall to welcome back the Olympic bronze medalists. The pair were on the special British Airways chartered flight [...]
Team GB star Chris Langridge insists he is on a mission to 'make badminton in Britain big' and hopes he and Marcus Ellis' Olympic bronze medal can be instrumental in that. Langridge and Ellis started playing in local clubs aged just 10 and six respectively and both have been [...]
GB women's doubles player Lauren Smith talks about her Olympic experience and what it means to have support from friends, family and the general public. My time competing at the Olympics has come to and end and it was a pretty up and down three days! We lost our [...]
