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click for more images  Yawen Zhang (China) exults in a hard-earned victory in women's doubles at the Yonex All-England Open badminton championship. Her mixed doubles partner, Zhongbo Xie, is not pictured. Getty Images What is Olympic Badminton?The Fastest Racquet SportOlympic badminton is a way of life for the competitors. It is the pride of several nations. It is a compelling drama of strategy, tactics, fitness, and sometimes luck.
Olympic badminton is badminton at the pinnacle, rather than the picnic. Here are just two player's stories to help you understand the commitment, the desire, and the work involved in even getting to the Olympic badminton arena as a player: Richard Vaughan of Wales and the UK Kamilla Juhl of Denmark |
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