Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles that conserving resources in early matches is a common practice in every competitive sport. The competition format for Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics was changed to discourage match fixing. Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles The badminton women's doubles tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place from 28 July to 4 August at Wembley Arena. The draw for the tournament was made on 23 July 2012. Thirty-two players from 14 nations competed in the event. The competition became embroiled in controversy during the group stage when eight players (two pairs from South Korea
Badminton Australia the Sydney Morning Herald, badminton was one of just 2 Australian sports (the other being Rugby Sevens) not to win a medal at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games Recent performances at the 2008 Olympics have reinforced this viewpoint, with all Australians knocked out of their respective first matches. However, there appears to be a resurgence in Australian badminton with a strong performance at the 2012 London Olympics where Leanne Choo and Renuga Veeran reached the quarterfinals of the women's doubles event. Badminton Australia Badminton Australia (BA) is the top governing body for badminton in Australia. It is committed to promoting