Tag: qualification
Dit is een overzicht van de meest recente artikelen met de tag 'qualification'.
Debora Jille: No Olympics for us
Unfortunately our points in the Olympic Ranking isn't close enough to qualify for the Olympic Games...
28 maart 2024
Mark Caljouw: Wow! I just qualified for the Olympics Games!
This has always been a dream for me since I was a little kid.
8 mei 2021
Airi Mikkela: over-excitement is hard for the body and mind
The third and last installment of Finland's Airi Mikkela's Olympic qualification year look-back.
20 juni 2016
Airi Mikkela: What it is like to try and qualify for the Olympic Games in Rio
Finnish badminton player Airi Mikkela is laying out a summary of her Olympic qualification year. She shared the second part of…
13 juni 2016
Airi Mikkela: Escaping the Rio-hype
This blog is a story. I want it to be an honest story about the life as a top athlete. It would be great to mention only the good…
29 mei 2016
Airi Mikkela: two weeks since my Rio-dream came crashing down
Two short but long weeks, that I've spent without writing anything here on my blog. There has been days that I've really wanted…
16 mei 2016
Olympic qualification is nigh for Finland's Nanna Vainio
The Olympic Qualification is now finished for me. After close to 30 (!!!) tournaments, I will finish the qualification race as…
30 april 2016
Olympic qualification period ends 1 May 2016
We are rapidly coming to the end of the Olympic qualifying period and we know it has been an intense and exciting race to Rio…
25 april 2016
Finnish Airi Mikkela: eat, sleep, train, repeat!
I remember joking about how crazy and funny it would be if the last tournament decided whether me or Nanna is going to Rio. Well,…
19 april 2016
Hello and good morning from Sao Paulo!
So I ended up winning the whole tournament in Peru after beating Nanna in the final in straight too sets. I am very happy and…
9 maart 2016
Finland's Airi Mikkela: Hello from Peru!
Everything has been good here so far - the hall is nice, food is good, and our hotel is okay. That's pretty much everything I've…
5 maart 2016
Finland's Airi Mikkela on world trip to Peru, Brazil, Switzerland and New Zealand
This whole Olympic qualification period has already been a huge adventure for me. But I feel like the biggest adventure so far is…
28 februari 2016
Finnish silver in Iceland for Airi Mikkela
This time I'm only gonna write a short version in English because it's my well deserved day off and because I'm a little bit…
2 februari 2016
Finnish girls Airi versus Nanna: Fighting for the Road to Rio!?
Hey! This time I'm writing about something I haven't really mentioned on my blog before. I've told a million times about how I…
10 januari 2016
Bangkok Post: 'Controversial Yu just wants to focus on badminton'
Chinese badminton star Yu Yang has denied quitting the sport after being kicked out of the London Olympics and said she just…
20 november 2012
BWF: Disqualifications Must ‘Serve as Lesson’
Badminton World Federation (BWF) has signalled strong support for investigations into the incidents leading to the…
20 september 2012