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Reiko Shiota and Kumiko Ogura – Badminton’s Ogu-Shio Breaks Up

Byjay

OguShio (Kumiko Ogura and Reiko Shiota), the Japanese women’s badminton team, famous for their play and looks recently had a press conference to announce that they would be  breaking up, but continuing to play with other partners. There are some cynical ways to view this news. I don’t which, if any, of the following are…

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The Media and The Japanese Women’s Doubles Badminton Teams

Byjay

The media in Japan was right to hype the Japanese Women’s Badminton team. There were two pairs… one pair, the Satoko Suetsuna-Miyuki Maeda  pair was ranked 8th in the world going into the Olympics. The other pair, Kumiko Ogura-Reiko Shiota, were ranked 7th and had won the bronze medal at world championships in Kuala Lumpur. At…