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Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net.Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players per side).
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She is the first and only Indian to become the badminton world champion and only the second individual from India to win two consecutive medals at the Olympic Games. [7] She rose to a career-high world ranking of No. 2 in April 2017. [8] Sindhu broke into the top 20 of the BWF World Rankings in September 2012, at the age of 17. [9]
Below is listed the Badminton World Federation's World Championships medalists in the men's and women's singles, also in the men's, women's and mixed doubles events. The champion(s) of the tournament win a gold medal, the runners-up take the silver medal, and both losing semifinalists are awarded bronze medals.
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, [120] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.
The host nation France reserved a spot each in the men's and women's singles to be officially awarded to its respective highest-ranked badminton player, while four places (two per gender) were entitled to the eligible NOCs interested to have badminton players compete for Paris 2024 under the Universality principle. [4] [5]
Battledore and shuttlecock, or jeu de volant, is a sport related to the professional sport of badminton. The game is played by two or more people using small rackets (battledores), made of parchment or rows of gut stretched across wooden frames, and shuttlecocks , made of a base of some light material, such as cork, with trimmed feathers fixed ...
It gives an insight not only into the world of badminton but also into the real world.” [2] He noted that the authors have integrated a lot of self-help elements with personal elements to keep the book relevant for the general public. [2] The book made to the list of “ A dip into the best of 2021” of Deccan Herald. [4]