TABLE OF CONTENTS ARTICLE
PREFACE
René Toft, President, Badminton Denmark:
A great welcome to DANISA DENMARK OPEN 2017 presented by VICTOR
Join us behind the scenes of Viktor Axelsen’s World Championships victory
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Former winners
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VICTOR and Badminton Denmark enter valuable cooperation
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Get even more badminton on Badminton Denmark’s social media
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Tai Tzu Ying: I just enjoy playing badminton
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Peter Rahbæk Juel, Mayor of Odense:
Welcome to DANISA DENMARK OPEN presented by VICTOR and welcome to Odense
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Erik Bresling, CEO at Danish Speciality Foods AAL DK A/S and Danish Speciality Foods CPH DK ApS Danisa:
A warm welcome from all of us in Danisa to all of you here in Odense Idrætspark
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Michel Khalaf, President, MetLife, Inc.:
Welcome to DANISA DENMARK OPEN presented by VICTOR
CATEGORY 15
Poul-Erik Høyer, BWF President:
President’s Message
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Viktor Axelsen impressed everyone when he won the World Championships in Glasgow. Get an insight behind the scenes as his coach Kenneth Jonassen and physiotherapist Michael Riis talks about their preparations and experiences before and during the final.
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Men’s singles Women’s singles Men’s doubles Women’s doubles Mixed doubles
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Do you remember who won All England in mixeddouble? Or Indonesia Open in men’s singles? We take you down memory lane in our presentation of each of the five categories and sum up the year in the Superseries-tournaments this far.
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Tai Tzu Ying is admired by many and has had a remarkable year. We have talked to the women’s singles player who reveals why she thinks badminton is such a great sport, how much she practices and what her advice to other young girls playing badminton would be.
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