TOKYO: Denmark has not won a badminton gold medal since Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen beat China's Dong Jiong at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics but that could be about to change in Tokyo.
The Danes have won only eight of the 106 Olympic medals available from 1992 to 2016, while Asian athletes account for 92, but they have high hopes this year, particularly in men's singles where Axelsen and Antonsen rank just below number one Kento Momota of Japan.
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