Badminton

badminton

Badminton is a sport played with a racquet and a shuttlecock. This diverting sport is played with 2 teams of 1 or the different tendency which is 2 teams of 2 which take positions on a rectangular court on the opposite halves that is divided by a net.

A rally ends once the shuttlecock has hit the ground, the shuttlecock can only be struck once before being hit over the net.

a shuttle cock is a high drag projectile, its an open conical shape, sixteen overlapping goose feathers embedded into a rounded cork base is the form of the cone. Thin leather is covered within the cork. The shuttlecocks shape makes it aerodynamically stable.

This sport demands high levels of play and excellent fitness, players require aerobic stamina, agility, strength, speed and precision. Motor coordination and the development of sophisticated racquet skills are required in this technical sport.

badminton players across the world.

• Lin Dan



• Zhang Ning



• Gao Ling



• Huang Sui



• Stuart Gomez



• Ross Smith



• Glenn Warfe



• Tania Luiz



• Eugenia tanaka



• Andrew Dabeka



• Anna Rice



• Peter Gade



• Kenneth Jonassen



• Jens Erikson



• Tine Rasmussen



• Mike Beres



• ValerieLoker



• Martin Lundgaard Hansen



• Thomas Laybourn



• Jona Rusmussen



• kamilla Rytter Juhl



• Lars Paaske



• Lena Frier Kristiansen

just to name a few from around the world that should be participating in the 2008 olympics.

2008 Olympics

The Beijing 2008 Games

Who decides whether or not a sport is or is not an olympic ?

IOC. Internation Olympic Commitee. The commitee decides if the sport is olympic or not. IOC also decides where ad when the games should be held on. 2001 on july the 13th the IOC had chosen the games to be hosted by Beijing over its competitors TORONTO, OSAKA, ISTANBUL and PARIS. 'One World, one Dream' was the slogan

The Beijing olympics will hold 302 games, 165 men games, 127 women games and 10 mixed.

The events/games that are going to be held are :

1. aquatics



2. archery



3. athletics



4. badminton



5. baseball



6. basketball



7. boxing



8. canoe/kayak



9. cycling



10. equestrian



11. fencing



12. football



13. gymnastics



14. handball



15. hockey



16. judo



17. modern pentathlon



18. rowing



19. sailing



20. shooting
    
    
21. softball



22. table tennis



23. taekwondo



24. tennis



25. triathlon



26. volleyball



27. weightlifting



28. wrestling

The Gold, Silver and Bronze medals

The Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals

The Gold Medal- the goldmedal generally represents the highest medal award given for the greater accomplishment in a non-military field, with no restriction on eligibility.since the 1700's gold medals are awarded in the arts( eg. Royal Danish Academy) it is usually the symbol of an award to give an outstanding student soe financial freedom.others only offer Prestige of an award. Many organizations awarded now goldmedals are either anually extraordinarily including UNESCO and various acadeic societies. Most gold medals (as well at the olympic games) are gold plated. Notable exceptions made of solid gold are Lorentz medal, the United States award Congressional Gold medals or the Nobel Prize medal. the US congressional gold medal (pictured above)

The Silver Medal- the silver medal is awarded to an athlete or athletes who had came runner up in a contest such as Olympic games.

The congressional silver medal- commemorative award authorized by the US congress to recognize citizens for noteworthy actions. The medals are specially minted by the United States Treasury. General Charles'Chuck' Yeager in 1976 he was the first recipient of such medals to have broken the sound barrier in 1947 in an experimetal aircraft called the BellXI.

The US congressional silver medal(pictured left).

the AUSTRALIAN silver medal (pictured right).

The Bronze Medal- the bronze medal is awarded for 3rd place finishers of contests such as Olympic games, commonwealth games etc.... the practice awarding bronze third place medal had begun in 1904 during the olympic games in St Louis Missouri, prior which 1st and 2nd places awards were rewarded.

The Bronze US Star Medal- United states armed forces individual military decoration which may be awarded for bravery, acts of merit, or meritorious service is the brone star medal. When the medal is awarded for bravery, it is the fourth-highest combat award of the U.S. Armed Forces and the 9th highest military award (including both combat and non -combat awards) in the order of precedence of U.S. military decorations.