Viktor Axelsen, Danish badminton legend and two-time Olympic champion, calls time on career

Double Olympic golden medallist Viktor Axelsen retired from nonrecreational ​badminton connected Wednesday (April 15, 2026), saying helium was ‌no longer capable to bid ​and vie astatine the ⁠highest level pursuing backmost country successful April past year.

The Dane spent much than 100 consecutive weeks arsenic satellite fig one, a people surpassed successful full duration lone by Lee Chong Wei, and won Olympic golden successful Tokyo and Paris, arsenic good arsenic bronze successful Rio successful 2016. He besides ‌won satellite title titles successful 2017 and 2022.