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the gentlest-looking sport hiding the fastest projectile in all of athletics
means A racket sport in which players hit a feathered shuttlecock back and forth over a high net, scoring points when it lands in the opponent's court.
from The game takes its name from Badminton House, the country estate of the Dukes of Beaufort in Gloucestershire, England, where a version of the game was played in the 19th century. The sport itself descends from older shuttlecock-and-battledore games, but the place gave it the name — a rare case of a sport christened after a stately home. ('Badminton' the place is older still, an Old English settlement name.)
- top speed
- Shuttlecocks clocked over 490 km/h smashes
- feather count
- Each shuttle uses 16 left-wing goose feathers
- olympic since
- Official medal sport starting 1992 Barcelona
- asian grip
- China and Indonesia dominate global rankings
- marathon match
- Longest pro singles lasted 161 grueling minutes
thomas cup — world men's badminton team championship, first held in 1949, contested by 61 nations
uber cup — world women's badminton team championship, established 1956, equivalent to thomas cup for women
all england open — oldest badminton tournament, founded 1898 in birmingham, considered the sport's most prestigious event