Olympics: Matsuyama, Shida cruise to badminton women's doubles bronze

Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida dominated their third-place match to claim bronze in the women's badminton doubles at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.The Japanese, ranked fourth in the world, breezed past the 12th-ranked Malaysian pair of Pearly Tan and Muralitharan Thinaah 21-11, 21-11 in 44 minutes for their nation's second bronze at La Chappelle Arena.An 8-1 burst early in the first game set the tone for the match in which the Japanese were never seriously threatened."I'm relieved to be able to take a medal home," the 26-year-old Matsuyama said. "Right from the start, I kept calling out,…READ FULL ARTICLE