It's now the end of 2020 and we've been going through one of the strangest times in human history with a pandemic that has had major global impacts. At the time of recording, we thought that the 2020 Olympics were going to happen this year but we thought wrong. One thing we're not wrong about yet are our predictions for who will win the Olympics when that time inevitably arrives.
Who do you think will win the events?
Men's Singles
Men's Doubles
Women's Singles
Women's Doubles
Mixed Doubles
Feel free to copy and paste the above events with your predictions and compare them to ours (below):
Mixed Doubles Gold - Yuta Watanabe & Higashino Silver - Zheng Si Wei & Huang Ya Qiong Bronze - Chan Peng Soon & Goh Liu Ying
Jeff's Predictions:
Men's Singles
Gold - Kento Momota
Silver - Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
Bronze - Anders Antonsen
Men's Doubles
Gold - Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo & Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Silver - Hendra Setiawan & Mohammad Ahsan
Bronze - Hiroyuki Endo & Yuta Watanabe
Women's Singles
Gold - Tai Tzu-ying
Silver - Chen Yufei
Bronze - Akane Yamaguchi
Women's Doubles
Gold Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota
Silver Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan
Bronze - Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi
Mixed Doubles
Zheng Si Wei & Huang Ya Qiong
Yuta Watanabe & Arisa Higashino
Sapsiree Taerattanachai & Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Jeff and I had an enjoyable chat about who we thought would come out on top and you can listen to that conversation here and below:
We'd love to hear your opinions, comments, tips and tricks so please feel free to comment below. If you would like us to write about something in particular, please let us know!
Henry is an ex-state badminton player who represented South Australia as well as Melbourne University. He remains an avid badminton player in the social scenes of Melbourne. His passion for all things badminton lead him to be a co-founder of Volant Wear.
How long as it been since you were on the badminton court? The COVID-19 lockdowns have got us anxiously waiting for when we are able to get out there and play again!
One of the few essentials required to play badminton is of course, the badminton racquet (racket). Modern day badminton players can benefit from the various types of metal compositions used to produce today’s racquets (typically carbon fiber/carbon composites) but historically, badminton racquets were made from wood!
