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Lack of crowd hampers Lauren Smith and Marcus Ellis in semi-final exit at All England championship - Eurosport
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Who is Lauren Smith? The 24-year-old whose love of Badminton started at the age of seven - Chronicle Live
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Team GB's Lauren Smith pose for a photo after the Badminton Olympic team announcement at the National Badminton Centre, Milton Keynes Stock Photo - Alamy
![Longtown's badminton star Lauren Smith taking positives from silver at the Swiss Open | News and Star Longtown's badminton star Lauren Smith taking positives from silver at the Swiss Open | News and Star](https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/resources/images/8603515.jpg?type=responsive-gallery-fullscreen)
Longtown's badminton star Lauren Smith taking positives from silver at the Swiss Open | News and Star
![Marcus Ellis, Lauren Smith and Chloe Birch have had been blocked from working with their own national team coaches after criticising the culture of the sport's governing body in the run up Marcus Ellis, Lauren Smith and Chloe Birch have had been blocked from working with their own national team coaches after criticising the culture of the sport's governing body in the run up](https://external-preview.redd.it/x2nT2SWKAVpWpKnGtRqfX7_AZehEwjVwSNQe_yUnXJo.jpg?auto=webp&s=2ec16bb8c1af65c991a7cd81db3772f53c4cbaef)
Marcus Ellis, Lauren Smith and Chloe Birch have had been blocked from working with their own national team coaches after criticising the culture of the sport's governing body in the run up
![Who is Lauren Smith? The 24-year-old whose love of Badminton started at the age of seven - Chronicle Live Who is Lauren Smith? The 24-year-old whose love of Badminton started at the age of seven - Chronicle Live](https://i2-prod.chroniclelive.co.uk/incoming/article11680064.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/JS43292189.jpg)
Who is Lauren Smith? The 24-year-old whose love of Badminton started at the age of seven - Chronicle Live
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02/11/21 - Badminton England mixed doubles players Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith at the National Badminton Centre in Milton Keynes Stock Photo - Alamy
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