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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