2008-08-00 00:00:00
Danish badminton player Peter Gade achieved his target at the Beijing Olympic Games by advancing into the men's singles quarterfinals here on Tuesday. He beat Sato Shoji from Japan with a No. 16 world ranking at 19-21, 22-20, 21-15. Gade had competed in the previous two Olympic Games, but lost to eventual gold medalist Ji Xinpeng of China in semifinals in Sydney and the eventual champion Hidayat Taufik of Indonesia in Athens in quarterfinals. He had said he aimed to be a qua ...