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The BWF World Senior Championships is a badminton tournament for players aged 35 and older sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The winners will be crowned as the "World Senior Champions" and awarded gold medals. [1] However, it does not offer any prize money. The tournament started in 2003 and being held biennially.
Badminton offers a wide variety of basic strokes, and players require a high level of skill to perform all of them effectively. All strokes can be played either forehand or backhand . [ 23 ] A player's forehand side is the same side as their playing hand: for a right-handed player, the forehand side is their right side and the backhand side is ...
It is governed by the Badminton Association of India. [2] The men's team won the Thomas Cup in 2022 , while the women's team have been semifinalists twice at the Uber Cup in 2014 and 2016 . The Indian team competed in the 2011 Sudirman Cup and shared the fifth rank while also repeating the performance in 2017 .
The 2019 BWF World Senior Championships, officially YONEX BWF World Senior Badminton Championships Katowice 2019, was a badminton tournament which was held from 4 to 11 August 2019 at Spodek in Katowice, Poland.
Badminton was first held as a demonstration sport at the 1972 Summer Olympics, and was an exhibition sport at the 1988 Summer Olympics; the men's and women's singles and doubles have been held at every Summer Olympics since the 1992 Summer Olympics. [1] The mixed doubles badminton tournament started in the 1996 Summer Olympics. [2]
Racket sports (or racquet sports) are games in which players use a racket or paddle to hit a ball or other object. [1] Rackets consist of a handled frame with an open hoop that supports a network of tightly stretched strings.
The 2011 BWF World Championships was the 19th tournament of the World Badminton Championships, a global tournament in the sport of badminton.It was held at Wembley Arena in London, England, from August 8 to August 14, 2011.
The European Senior Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton Europe (BE) since 1995 and is held once every two years to crown the best Veteran badminton players in Europe. [1] [2] [3] [4]