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Since the first shoot with Lauren and Marcus at their home in Milton Keynes, the pair have gone on to compete at various world circuit events including the Denmark Open, the Asian leg of the HSBC BWF World Tour, and the YONEX All England Open where they put on a sterling effort and made the semi finals, to be knocked out by fourth seed Japanese doubles Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino. Competitive life under Covid has been challenging; during the World Tour tournament in Bangkok, athletes were confined to their hotel rooms except for training and competition, with meals being delivered to their rooms three times a day. With access to Badminton facilities across the country barred to anyone except elite athletes and coaches, capturing additional images is still on hold.

On the 28th June, the British Olympic Association announced Marcus and Lauren will be part of the seven badminton players to compete in the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games.
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Since the first shoot with Lauren and Marcus at their home in Milton Keynes, the pair have gone on to compete at various world circuit events including the Denmark Open, the Asian leg of the HSBC BWF World Tour, and the YONEX All England Open where they put on a sterling effort and made the semi finals, to be knocked out by fourth seed Japanese doubles Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino. Competitive life under Covid has been challenging; during the World Tour tournament in Bangkok, athletes were confined to their hotel rooms except for training and competition, with meals being delivered to their rooms three times a day. With access to Badminton facilities across the country barred to anyone except elite athletes and coaches, capturing additional images is still on hold.<br /> <br /> On the 28th June, the British Olympic Association announced Marcus and Lauren will be part of the seven badminton players to compete in the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games.