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'That’s what I like about our story, the fact we created badminton history'
28.09.26, 12:00 Updated 02.10.26, 12:30 4 Minute Read
There’s a great deal of reflection to be garnered by former professionals as the years pass by. Perhaps more than enough. Just ask Gail Emms, who admits that the 20th anniversary marking her and Nathan Robertson’s World Championship title “kind of passed me by” this month.
Maybe that’s because the mixed doubles greats had already celebrated 20 years since their breakthrough, but heartbreaking silver medal at the Athens 2004 Olympics with a dinner alongside former coach Andy Wood.
“Although it wasn’t at the forefront of my mind, I have been playing a bit of badminton recently and connecting with clubs,” says Emms.
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has written for every UK national newspaper in a sports journalism career spanning more than 20 years. He has covered badminton for Reuters and the Daily Telegraph at a time when the Lin Dan v Lee Chong Wei rivalry was in full flow. He is also founder of The Hockey Paper and Squash Mad.