Badminton 2012
There will be a lot of happenings in badminton 2012 that a badminton aficionado would not want to miss. The Badminton World Federation has prepared must-see events for 2012 while heading to the Olympic this coming summer. The 2012 Summer Olympic Games will be held at London, England that will take place on the 27th of July to the 12th of August of the year 2012. This gigantic sporting event will be joined by 153 nations from around the world. Every nation has at least one qualified athlete for each event. There are 26 sports with 39 disciplines included in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games and one of those is the badminton.
The BWF has the entire year filled with badminton engagements that will take place in different parts of the world and already scheduled that will take 52 weeks of the year. One of the most prestigious badminton engagements in the calendar of events of the BWF is the recently concluded Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships 2012 which took place in Birmingham last 6th to 11th of March 2012 where Lin Dan came out the champion. Lin Dan who plays for China won over his arch-rival Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia. Lin Dan claimed to be the greatest player of badminton that the world has ever seen. That’s why Lin Dan was appropriately nicknamed “Super Dan”. This is the fifth time Lin Dan had won the Yonex All England men’s singles title.
The badminton events are also the most awaited sporting event in the world of sports since badminton is considered to be the fastest racket sport today where players are showcasing their agility and quick hand-eye coordination. The Badminton 2012 Summer Olympics will be witnessed by more than 6,000 people at Wembley Arena in London. The said event will be participated by 172 badminton players representing different nations from around the world in events men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles. These badminton actions will take place on 28th of July 2012 and 5th of August in the year 2012.
Battledore and Shuttlecock is the former name of badminton has become one of the staple sports in the Olympics which had made its appearance during the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Badminton is overwhelmingly dominated by Asian countries such as South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, and China. Denmark has also been competing well in badminton. In fact, Peter Gade is from Denmark who is one of the most successful badminton players of his time. He is known for his deceptive moves that put him in the champion seat in many occasions. Peter Gade has been playing professional badminton for 17 years which no badminton player has ever done.
The Badminton 2012 Summer Olympics is just around the corner and the smell of competitive air is getting stronger. The anticipation for who would be the surprise package is still to be determined and if Lin Dan would still come out the champion is still to be answered. Badminton is clearly different from all other racket sports since only badminton uses shuttlecock.
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