The seeding was decided on 21 July 2016. The event was won by then two-time reigning world champion Carolina Marín of Spain who defeated P. V. Sindhu of India. Nozomi Okuhara of Japan won the bronze medal after China’s Li Xuerui was forced to withdraw.
Besides, who won the 2016 Olympic gold medal in men’s single for badminton what country was he from?
Denmark
| Badminton Men’s Singles Medals | |
|---|---|
| Bronze | Denmark |
| BBC Sport | |
Considering this, who is No 1 badminton player in the world? BWF World Rankings
| RANK | COUNTRY / TERRITORY | PLAYER |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | JPN | Kento MOMOTA |
| 2 | DEN | Viktor AXELSEN |
| 3 | DEN | Anders ANTONSEN |
| 4 | TPE | CHOU Tien Chen |
Hereof, who is the No 1 female badminton player?
BWF World Rankings
| RANK | COUNTRY / TERRITORY | PLAYER |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TPE | TAI Tzu Ying |
| 2 | CHN | CHEN Yu Fei |
| 3 | ESP | Carolina MARIN |
| 4 | JPN | Nozomi OKUHARA |
Who is the best Olympic badminton player?
Gao Ling
| rank | name | Gold |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gao Ling | 2 |
| 2 | Fu Haifeng | 2 |
| =3 | Kim Dong-moon | 2 |
| =3 | Zhang Nan | 2 |
Where is badminton most popular?
Whilst badminton is a minority sport in the US it is widely played in Britain, Denmark, Sweden, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Korea and several other countries. Britain alone has 4 million players, about 8% of the population. As a spectator sport it is very popular in the far east.
What was the first name of badminton?
Poona