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Surrey Smashers sign Rio-bound star Kjaersfeldt
New signing Line Kjaersfeldt is relishing the chance to play forSurrey Smashers next season but first the Danish international has the smallmatter of competing at this summer's Rio 2016 Olympic Games to contend with.
The 22-year-old is currently at a career-best 22 in the women'ssingles world rankings and was unveiled by the AJ Bell National BadmintonLeague side on Wednesday afternoon.
Kjaersfeldt showed her class in April when she pushed world numberone Carolina Marin all the way in the semi-finals of the EuropeanChampionships, narrowly losing 23-12 21-15.
This came after a successful 2015 where her victory at the EuropeanGames in Baku, the Scottish Open Grand Prix and Copenhagen Masters saw herbreak into the world's top 30.
Kjaersfeldt said: “I'm looking forward to playing in the AJ Bell NBLand for Surrey Smashers. I have been following the league since the start andfound it very interesting, so it's going to be fun to be part of it and playalongside new team-mates.”
Kjaersfeldt will be joined in Rio by two more Surrey Smashers stars,Gabby Adcock and Chris Langridge, who have also committed their futures to theAJ Bell NBL side.
The Smashers expect to announce further signings in the coming weeksahead of the 2016/17 AJ Bell NBL season kicking off later this year.
