![Denmark's Carsten Mogensen (R) and Mathias Boe play against Russia's Vladimir Ivanov and Ivan Sozonov during their men's doubles group play stage badminton match at the Wembley Arena during the London 2012 Denmark's Carsten Mogensen (R) and Mathias Boe play against Russia's Vladimir Ivanov and Ivan Sozonov during their men's doubles group play stage badminton match at the Wembley Arena during the London 2012](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2CXYNN9/denmarks-carsten-mogensen-r-and-mathias-boe-play-against-russias-vladimir-ivanov-and-ivan-sozonov-during-their-mens-doubles-group-play-stage-badminton-match-at-the-wembley-arena-during-the-london-2012-olympic-games-july-29-2012-reutersbazuki-muhammad-britain-tags-sport-badminton-sport-olympics-2CXYNN9.jpg)
Denmark's Carsten Mogensen (R) and Mathias Boe play against Russia's Vladimir Ivanov and Ivan Sozonov during their men's doubles group play stage badminton match at the Wembley Arena during the London 2012
![LEUVEN, BELGIUM, 14/02/2015. Badminton players Vladimir Ivanov (left) and Ivan Sozonov (right) of Russia beat Chris Langridge and Marcus Ellis of England in the semi finals of the European Mixed Team Championships LEUVEN, BELGIUM, 14/02/2015. Badminton players Vladimir Ivanov (left) and Ivan Sozonov (right) of Russia beat Chris Langridge and Marcus Ellis of England in the semi finals of the European Mixed Team Championships](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/EG8E5F/leuven-belgium-14022015-badminton-players-vladimir-ivanov-left-and-EG8E5F.jpg)
LEUVEN, BELGIUM, 14/02/2015. Badminton players Vladimir Ivanov (left) and Ivan Sozonov (right) of Russia beat Chris Langridge and Marcus Ellis of England in the semi finals of the European Mixed Team Championships
![Badminton Europe on Twitter: "Yonex All-England 2016 champions in the men's doubles: Ivan Sozonov/Vladimir Ivanov of Russia. Congratulations! https://t.co/Fb16Jr65Yt" / Twitter Badminton Europe on Twitter: "Yonex All-England 2016 champions in the men's doubles: Ivan Sozonov/Vladimir Ivanov of Russia. Congratulations! https://t.co/Fb16Jr65Yt" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cdc3xFhUYAABA2r.jpg:large)
Badminton Europe on Twitter: "Yonex All-England 2016 champions in the men's doubles: Ivan Sozonov/Vladimir Ivanov of Russia. Congratulations! https://t.co/Fb16Jr65Yt" / Twitter
![Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Badminton - Men's Doubles - Group Stage - MFS - Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Tokyo, Japan – July 25, 2021. Vladimir Ivanov of the Russian Olympic Committee and Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Badminton - Men's Doubles - Group Stage - MFS - Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Tokyo, Japan – July 25, 2021. Vladimir Ivanov of the Russian Olympic Committee and](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2G98564/tokyo-2020-olympics-badminton-mens-doubles-group-stage-mfs-musashino-forest-sport-plaza-tokyo-japan-july-25-2021-vladimir-ivanov-of-the-russian-olympic-committee-and-ivan-sozonov-of-the-russian-olympic-committee-in-action-during-the-match-against-hiroyuki-endo-of-japan-and-yuta-watanabe-of-japan-reutersleonhard-foeger-2G98564.jpg)
Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Badminton - Men's Doubles - Group Stage - MFS - Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Tokyo, Japan – July 25, 2021. Vladimir Ivanov of the Russian Olympic Committee and
BWF on Twitter: "The Russians are on fire. Two massive wins so far #TOTALBWFSC2019 #Nanning2019 21 21 🇷🇺Vladimir Malkov🏅 18 17 🇯🇵Kenta Nishimoto 🇷🇺Vladimir Ivanov🏅 21 21 🇷🇺Ivan Sozonov🏅 19 16 🇯🇵Hiroyuki
![Birmingham. 13th Mar, 2016. Vladimir Ivanov (L)/Ivan Sozonov of Russia pose for photo during the awarding ceremony of men's doubles final with Hiroyuki Endo/Kenichi Hayakawa of Japan at the 2016 YONEX All Birmingham. 13th Mar, 2016. Vladimir Ivanov (L)/Ivan Sozonov of Russia pose for photo during the awarding ceremony of men's doubles final with Hiroyuki Endo/Kenichi Hayakawa of Japan at the 2016 YONEX All](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/FN4JWJ/birmingham-13th-mar-2016-vladimir-ivanov-livan-sozonov-of-russia-pose-FN4JWJ.jpg)