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The inventor first named his new sport "shuttleball", but soon the game was renamed "speed badminton". Starting from January 2016 the name was changed again, to crossminton. Originally, the idea of the inventor was to create an outdoor variant of badminton, so he changed the ball to be smaller and heavier (today called speeder).
Games employing shuttlecocks have been played for centuries across Eurasia, [a] but the modern game of badminton developed in the mid-19th century among the expatriate officers of British India as a variant of the earlier game of battledore and shuttlecock. ("Battledore" was an older term for "racquet".) [4] Its exact origin remains obscure.
The Spanish team have never participated in the Thomas Cup but have been in the Uber Cup and Sudirman Cup. The Spanish team has enjoyed success throughout the individual events. Spain has won one Olympic medal in badminton and three gold medals at the BWF World Championships. All of these medals were won by former world number 1 Carolina Marín.
The 2024 Spain Masters (officially known as the Madrid Spain Masters 2024 by Iberdrola for sponsorship reasons) is a badminton tournament that took place at the Centro Deportivo Municipal Gallur, Madrid, Spain, from 26 to 31 March 2024 and has a total prize of US$210,000.
The Spain Masters (Spanish: Maestros de España) is an annual badminton tournament held in Spain. This tournament is part of the BWF World Tour tournaments and is leveled in BWF World Tour Super 300 .
The first game of the men's final took longer than the entire women's final. No. 4-ranked Naraoka edged the 45-minute game after No. 3 Kunlavut needed to strap his right knee twice and led 19-18.
The Spanish International or Spanish Open is an international badminton tournament held annually, since 1974, and is hosted by the Spanish Badminton Federation (FESBA).
The 2021 BWF World Championships (officially known as the TotalEnergies BWF World Championships 2021 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place from 12 to 19 December 2021 at Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín in Huelva, Spain.