Ben Lane and Sean Vendy, badminton players for Team GB, believe they can disrupt the status quo at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Both players will compete for Great Britain in the men’s doubles for the second time in a row after losing a match in Tokyo three years prior. However, the two have since won silver in the European and Commonwealth Games. The two are ranked in the top 10 for the Olympics, which start in July, and they just won the Swiss Open.
“The year started off quite tough and then we won the Swiss Open, which was a big confidence booster,” Lane, 26, told the BBC. “We know that if we’re playing well, we’re confident, and things go our way, we can definitely cause upsets. I think we’ve beaten every couple competing at the games save for one pair. “I think we’re going in as the ninth pair, so we’re not seeded but we won the Swiss Open, beat three pairs ranked higher than us, so we are definitely capable of beating these pairs and producing a result in Paris.”