Spain's Carolina Marin returns to Denmark's Line Kjaersfeldt during their women's singles qualifying badminton match at the Riocentro stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 13, 2016, at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Marin won the match. / AFP PHOTO / Ed JONES
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters): Spain's twice world champion Carolina Marin eased into the last 16 of the women's singles at the Olympic badminton on Saturday but European power Denmark was dealt a crushing blow with one of their top medal hopes crashing out of the men's doubles.
Marin, Europe's biggest hope of winning a first badminton gold medal in 20 years, kept Dane Line Kjaersfeldt at bay in a 21-16 21-13 victory in their pool match to grab top spot in Group A.
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