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Jennie Gai (/ ɡ aɪ /; born February 25, 2001) [1] is an American badminton player who competes in international level events. [2] She was a gold medalist at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics , [ 3 ] and silver medalists in the 2023 Pan American Games .
Mar Bella hosted the badminton events for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Wembley Arena hosted the badminton events for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. For the Summer Olympics, 13 venues have been or will be used in badminton.
The 2021 BWF World Junior Championships was going to be the twenty-second edition of the BWF World Junior Championships. China was awarded the event on November 29, 2018 during the announcement of 18 major badminton event hosts from 2019 to 2025. [3] Chengdu was named in July 2020 as the bidding city and accepted as the host for the event. [8]
The BWF World Tour is a Grade 2 badminton tournament series, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). It is a competition open to the top world ranked players in singles (men's and women's) and doubles (men's, women's and mixed). [1]
The Badminton World Federation, aka BWF, is the international governing body for the sport of badminton approved by the International Olympic Committee. It was founded on 5 July 1934 as the International Badminton Federation with nine member nations: Canada , Denmark , England , France , Ireland , Netherlands , New Zealand , Scotland and Wales .
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Badminton fails to receive substantial media attention in the United States and with that comes low wages. Participants can earn up to $15,000 for winning a championship, which is a relatively small amount of money in comparison to an average football player that has a salary of $2.7 million.
The original winner of the bid was Prague, Czech Republic, which was awarded the event in November 2017 during Badminton World Federation meeting at Jamaica, [1] with Tipsport Arena as the proposed venue. [2]