Seems like it’s going to be a tough trek for the Asuncion siblings. They’re the Philippines’ bet in the Badminton event for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Kennie and Kennivic Asuncion, the country’s top badminton pair, face an uphill climb in their bid to qualify for the Beijing Olympics in August.
For falling short in their recent stints […]
Take a look at the venue for Badminton and Rhythmic Gymnastics Olympic events during the 2008 Beijing Games.
Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium (Exterior)
Do you see how majestic this venue is? You won’t find anything like it here in my country. The sight of it is both awesome and forbidding. I can’t imagine how athletes will […]
Just a bit of update on the world of Badminton, since I’m fresh off a game of Badminton myself. My arm hurts. Gah.
Results from the quarter-finals of the world badminton championships here Friday (x denotes seed):
Men’s singles
Sony Dwi Kuncoro (INA x9) def Peter Gade (DEN x5) 22-20, 21-18
Lin Dan (CHN x1) def Anup Sridhar (IND) […]
Take a quick look on the current competition schedule for Badminton that I was able to round up.
Yonex-Sunrise Asian Continental Championship 2007
Johor Bharu - Malaysia
April 10 - 15, 2007
Aviva Open Singapore Super Series 2007
Singapore city - Singapore
May 1 - 20, 2007
Smiling Fish Asian Satelitte Championships 2007
Trang - Thailand
May 1 - 20, 2007
Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. […]
I just told you guys about the short history of badminton, so, you all know that it all started in Barcelona and Young-Ah Gil was one of the athletes who saw it happened then.
As a demonstration sport back in Munich 1972, Badminton became an official sport that was included in the programme for the Barcelona […]
Contemporary badminton first appeared in the mid-19th century, it evolved from the game battledore and shuttlecock,
played by two persons with small rackets, called battledores, made of parchment or rows of gut stretched across wooden frames, and shuttlecocks, made of a base of some light material, like cork, with trimmed feathers fixed round the top.
[Wikipedia]
which […]
It’s the world’s first intercontinental Badminton team championship going to be held here in Manila next month.
Seeded players from the two continents will be competing so let me name a few.
Zhang Ning [China]
World’s #2 - Ladies’ Singles
Olympic Gold Medalist - Athens 2004
Wang Chen [Hong Kong]
World’s #3 - Ladies’ Singles
Mia Audina [The Netherlands]
World’s #5 - Ladies’ […]
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Written by Jeanne Dupuis [email], and Sandy Mitchell [email] for b5media.
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