Badminton is back at the Olympics in 2024 with Team USA eyeing its first medal. Here's what to know about the racket sport for the Paris Games.
As Team USA looks to finally end its badminton medal drought, here's what to know about the racket sport:Players use a racket to hit a birdie, or shuttlecock, over a net that is 5-feet tall at the center and an inch taller at each post.The length of a badminton court is 44 feet across all competitions, but the width is different for singles versus doubles. Singles matches are played on a court that's 17-feet wide.
A serving player must hit the birdie below their waist and land it diagonally into the opponent's service court. Players serve from and receive in their respective right-hand service courts when the server’s score is zero or an even number. The serve is from the left-hand service court to the left-hand return court when the server has an odd number of points.Badminton features a rally points scoring system where whichever side wins a rally earns both a point and the next serve.
Matches have a best-of-three format with games to 21 points. An advantage of at least two points is needed for a game to end unless it reaches a 29-29 tie. In the event of a 29-29 tie, whichever side earns the next point is the winner.Badminton at the Olympics features two singles events and three doubles events .Badminton will run from Saturday, July 27 to Monday, Aug. 5. The sport's first medals will be awarded on Friday, Aug. 2, when the mixed doubles medal matches are scheduled.
The women's doubles medal matches take place Saturday, Aug. 3 followed by the men's doubles medal matches on Sunday, Aug. 4. The competition concludes with the men's and women's singles medal matches on Aug. 5.Wang Yi Lyu and Huang Dong Ping, ChinaChina has dominated badminton at the Olympics, winning 20 of the sport's 39 gold medals overall. China's 47 combined medals are more than double the next-closest country of Indonesia, which owns 21 medals.
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