Olympic Badminton

Mendonca In Asdas

Was lucky enough to get tickets for the Mens Singles final ( China beat Malaysia) and the Mens Doubles Final ( China beat Denmark) at Wembley Arena , i have never been to a sporting event with such a raucous atmosphere , it was mental!!

Wish we could get as good as the Chinese , but i guess you can't win 'em all as they say.

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I watched the mens final earlier - love a bit of badmintion.

I thought the Malaysian fella was gonna do it, up until the Chinese bloke went mental at the line judges call and got it overturned. From there he went on a bit of a run and that was that.

I bet it's amazing to watch live. So fast.

Mendonca In Asdas

We got given a couple of Malaysian flags by a group of Malaysian guys sitting behind is , they were desperate for people to cheer them on ... and we did!

I don't know how they continually ( with ease) got each others smashes back , didn't realise that a smash in badminton travels at over 200 mph!

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I once read that a smash in badminton is one of the fastest travelling things in sport - don't know if that's true.

Obviously the shuttle slows down very quickly - that's what it's designed to do - but you're right that it starts off at around 200mph. Well, when the pros do it it does anyway!

Mendonca In Asdas

I think when i was growing up as a kid they always used to have the badminton on really late at night , and we never had any role models i can think of , i play badminton every week ( i'm not very good) but wish it would take off over here.

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My old man used to play a lot - pretty decent level too.

I think there's a fairly active club/social scene over here, but it's mainly seen as an old persons sport. Shame really, because played properly it's nothing like how you remember it at school.

Boom

Not as fast as squash D.

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Boom said:

Not as fast as squash D.

Fastest squash shot - around 170 mph.
Fastest badminton shot - around 200 mph.

Oh, and you can't let it bounced in badminton.

Woodsywood

I am looking to get back into badminton having played for a few years now!