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06.14.2019
​Visit Calgary
​"YONEX Canada Open"

When most Canadians think about badminton, they picture leisurely days in their backyard with friends, casually hitting a birdie over the net. ​Take a closer look at the elite level of the sport and you’ll quickly realize those carefree days in the backyard are far from what happens when the best in the world are playing.

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06.27.2019
​Sport Calgary
​"Canada's Largest Badminton Event Returns to Calgary" 

2019 YONEX Canada Open Super 100, presented by Sun Life at WinSport July 2-7.

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06.30.2019
​Calgary Sun
​"Canada's Li among Olympic medal hopefuls converging on Calgary for badminton event"

You can see Michelle Li on the court this week in Calgary.
Next summer, you could see Canada’s badminton ace on the podium at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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07.02.2019
​CTV News
"Badminton Olympic qualification takes place in Calgary this week"

Winsport is hosting the Canada Open Badminton championship. The competition involves 250 athletes from 34 countries. 

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04.28.2023
​The Legends’ Vision World Tour heads to Canada

All five founding legends, Peter Gade (DEN), Lee Chong Wei (MAS), Taufik Hidayat (INA), Lin Dan (CHN) and Lee Yong Dae (KOR), are planning to head to Canada in July to assist in leveling up junior players and future badminton stars.

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06.27.2023
​Calgary badminton player is on a journey to make the 2024 Paris Olympics

Badminton players from across the globe will gather in Calgary for the YONEX Canada Open, North America’s most prestigious badminton tournament.

Held in the WinSport Event Centre from July 4 to 9, it is expected that Calgary will welcome 3,000 spectators from around the world.

Competing in the tournament is Calgary’s own Kevin Lee, who has played badminton since childhood.

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07.03.2023
Annual stop of Canada Open badminton bringing bigger purse, larger names to Calgary

Calgary is becoming a big-time badminton hub.

The proof is in the YONEX Canada Open, an annual tournament that’s grown in importance for the sport this year.


The 2023 edition of the six-day Badminton World Federation event, which begins Tuesday at WinSport Event Centre, has been bumped up on the world stage with a whopping US$420,000 in prize money now to be won.

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07.09.2023
​Canada Open 2023 badminton: Lakshya Sen beats All England Open champ Li Shi Feng to win title

Lakshya Sen saved four game points in the second game to win his first title of the year. This was the Indian badminton player’s second BWF Super 500 title.

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