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Pablo Abián and Clara Azurmendi already know their rivals at Tokyo 2020

Pablo Abián and Clara Azurmendi they already know the first rivals they will have to face in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on July 24, following the group stage draw in Milton Keynes, UK.

The ones in Tokyo are a special Olympics for Pablo Abián, who competes in the fourth Olympic event of his career after Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016. The Aragonese plays in the Badminton Club IES La Orden de Huelva, with which he has just won the Iberdrola Spanish International 2021.



The IES La Orden flyer is framed in the Group N with chinese Chen Long, the current Olympic champion who arrives as the sixth seed. Along with them the Estonian Raul Must, number 92 in the world ranking.

With less experience but the same illusion travels the one that the female individual will dispute Clara Azurmendi, debutant in the Olympics at 23 years old after the confirmation of the Carolina Marín’s withdrawal due to injury last minute. When making this update, the BWF took into account the rankings of the athletes and the good position of the donostiarra makes it possible for me to compete in Tokyo.

Azurmendi has fallen into the Group C next to the Korean An Se-young, seventh in the BWF rankings and one of the great promises of world badminton. The rider will also face the Nigerian Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan, who comes from competing at a good level at Iberdrola Spanish International.

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