South Korea Took The Gold Mixed Medal

Lee Hyojung and Lee Yongdae, mixed double from South Korea, unpredictedly got the gold medal from Nova Widianto and Lilyana Natsir from indonesia. Lee Hyojung and Lee Yongdae are in the 10th rank while Nova Widianto and Lilyana Natsir are in the first rank. Howefer, the South Korean players could made it in straight set 21-11, 21-17.

In the first set Lee Hyojung and Lee Yongdae got points fastly until 16-18 and they won the set in 21-11. Their domination was continued in the second set. Even the mistakes which are made by Nova and Lily made the point gap became bigger. The set was end in 21-17.

Lin Dan Won Gold Medal In Beijing

Lin Dan, a men single badminton player from China won the gold medal in Beijing Olympics after beating Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia 21-12 and 21-8. The top seed was in control from the outset and eased past second seed Lee for China's third badminton title. Lin, 24, took an 11-1 lead in the second game with Lee's only point coming on an unforced error by Lin.

Bidding for Malaysia's first Olympic gold, Lee was no match for Lin, who won the match with a smash down the line that Lee returned into the net. A soldier in the People's Liberation Army, Lin wrapped a Chinese flag around his shoulders and saluted to the crowd. "I think this is one of the best matches of my career," he said.

China's Chen Jin won the bronze, defeating Lee Hyunil of South Korea 21-16 12-21 21-14. Lee had been booed a few days earlier when he dumped Chinese third seed Bao Chunlai out of the tournament in a heated match. But the crowd was on their best behaviour on Sunday, enjoying a closely-fought match which Chen won with an overhead smash.

Bill Gates Likes Badminton

Badminton is not a popular sport in America. But who tough Bill Gates can like it. Bill Gates showed sitting in the VIP Seat Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium. He and his wife saw a match between Bao Chunlai from china and Kevin Gordon from Guatemala. The match was won by Bao Chunlai with straight set 21-17 and 21-16

"It was great. I was very impressed," Gates, who stepped down from daily operations at the software maker in June, told reporters.

Indonesian men double badminton player, Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan finally won the gold the gold medal in the olympic games. They got the winning from Chinese badminton athletes, Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng.
In the game which held on August 16th 2008, Markis and hendra won through a tight game. Even Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng could won the first set. But The Indonesian badminton athletes could get the other two sets. they won by 12-21, 21-11, and 21-16.