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Badminton
                         
Porte de la Chapelle Arena


OBJECTIVE
World’s fastest racket sport, played on indoor court. Points won by landing shuttle inside opponent’s court or forcing opponent into making error

Game duration: Best-of-three sets, played to 21 points 
Two-point winning margin required
    

Service area
Singles 
Doubles

Singles: 5.18m 
Doubles: 6.1m

13.4m

Doubles sideline

Net height: 1.52m

Singles sideline

Shuttle
Width: 58-68mm 
Weight: 4.74-5.5g
   

FORMAT

Group stages followed by knock-out rounds in men’s and women’s singles, and men’s, women’s and mixed pairs


TECHNOLOGY
   
Racket
Length: 690mm
Weight: 88g

ASTROX 100 ZZ racket – used by Denmark’s Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen (right) – adopts innovative NAMD* graphite material

NAMD bonded directly to graphite fibre in both shaft and frame

Produces better energy transfer – greater flex and faster snapback
  
Shuttle speed increased by 7.1%


World Record
Fastest shuttle speed recorded during gameplay: 565km/h


*Nano-Advanced Material Development


Sources: IOC, Yonex
Pictures: Yonex, Getty Images 
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