Before the final, the Danes - identifiable by the red shirts, red and white flags and hats with horns on either side - were dancing along to the disco groove pumping out from the weapons-grade public address system at the Porte de la Chapelle Arena on the northern tip of Paris.
After the showdown between their own Viktor Axelsen and Thailand's Kunlavut Vitidsarn, they were stomping anew in exultation at the country's first gold medal of the Paris Games and Axelsen's accession into Olympic legend.
