Rajiv Ouseph, of Team GB, is out of the badminton singles competition after a quarter-final defeat by Viktor Axelsen of Denmark. The 29-year-old from Hounslow lost 21-12, 21-16 at Riocentro.
Ouseph is a three-times European medallist and Commonwealth Games medal winner and eight-times English champion.
Indonesia’s Ahmad Tontowi and Liliyana Natsir stomped on Malaysia’s dreams of a maiden Olympic gold medal on Wednesday by hammering Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying in the mixed doubles final.
Roared to the title by dozens of feverish home fans, the world No3 pairing pounced all over the Malaysians from the first point at the Riocentro and never dropped the pressure in the 21-14, 21-12 win.
Tontowi and Natsir captured their delegation’s first gold of the Rio Games and seventh in Olympic badminton, closing out the match when Goh netted the last shuttlecock.
Malaysia have waited 52 years for an Olympic champion but their hopes of breaking the drought were extinguished in 44 minutes by the rampant Indonesians.
