Posts Tagged ‘Badminton Players’

The bad boy of badminton? In Asia, this is serious stuff (Miami Herald)

Sunday, August 10th, 2008
When most people think badminton, they think backyard picnic, plastic birdie, a couple of beers. But then, most people have never seen Olympic badminton players smash the shuttlecock at speeds of up to 200 mph. They have never mingled amongst sellout crowds in China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Denmark.

The bad boy of badminton? In Asia, this is serious stuff (Lexington Herald-Leader)

Sunday, August 10th, 2008
When most people think badminton, they think backyard picnic, plastic birdie, a couple of beers. But then, most people have never seen Olympic badminton players smash the shuttlecock at speeds of up to 200 mph. They have never mingled amongst sellout crowds in China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Denmark. They don't realize elite badminton players are very finicky about their equipment. That they ...