Badminton; Archer Focused On Top Targets ; Pain Is No Barrier for Warwickshire's Olympic Medalist, Reports Colin Stoner

Birmingham Post › March 10, 2004

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Injuries are an occupational hazard for a professional sportsman but Simon Archer is not one to let the pain stop his gain.

A prospective place in the Olympic Games next August was the powerful incentive to persuade the Worcester doubles ace to undergo two cortizone injections aimed at easing his dodgy back ahead of this week's Yonex All England Open Championships in Birmingham.

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Badminton; Archer Focused On Top Targets ; Pain Is No Barrier for Warwickshire's Olympic Medalist, Reports Colin Stoner

But to collect enough rankings points to book his place in the Olympics - having become the first Englishman to win a badminton medal with Jo Goode in the mixed doubles in 2000 - Archer canno...

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