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INDIAN OPEN: HOYER'S GEAR IS MISSING

February 12, 1997 (NEW SHUTTLENWS) - A source at the four-star Indian Open badminton tournament being played this week in New Delhi reports that current Olympic champion Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen of Denmark, the men's singles top seed, may have to compete with some borrowed gear. The Danish player who has recently taken up residence in Milton Keynes, England arrived safely in India but his luggage did not.

Hoyer's bags were apparently left behind at London's Heathrow airport by the airline that the Danish ace flew to India on. The airline company has put a tracer on the missing luggage and Hoyer hopes to get his gear in time for his tough opening match against former All-England champion and 1992 Olympic silver medalist Ardy Wiranata of Indonesia.