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		<description><![CDATA[Fastest Racquet Sport&#13;
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The world's fastest racket sport as measured by racquet head speed&#13;
The fastest recorded badminton smash was by Chinese doubles player Fu Haifeng, at 206 miles per hour (Reported by the IBF)&#13;
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Longest &amp; Shortest Matches&#13;
The record for the world's shortest badminton match is held by the players Ra Kyung-min of South Korea and Julia (England) Mann at only six minutes&#13;
While, the record for the longest badminton match is 124 minutes, between Peter Rasmussen of Denmark and Sun Jun of China&#13;
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International Badminton Federation (IBF)&#13;
Founded in 1934 with nine members and over 150 members&#13;
The IBF is now headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia&#13;
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Popularity&#13;
The second most popular sport in the world, after soccer&#13;
Badminton is the most popular racquet sport&#13;
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Badminton at the Olympics&#13;
Badminton was introduced as an Olympic sport in 1992 (Barcelona)&#13;
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Shuttle Facts&#13;
A shuttlecock weighs between 4.74 and 5.50 grams &#13;
16 feathers are used to make a shuttle&#13;
The best shuttlecocks are made from the feathers from the left wing of a goose&#13;
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A statistical comparison of Badminton and Tennis: reveals the following:Tennis Time duration: 3 hours 18 minutesBadminton Time duration: 1 hour 16 minutesTennis Ball/Shuttle in play: 18 minutesBadminton Ball/Shuttle in play: 37 minutesTennis Match intensity: 9%Badminton Match intensity: 48%Tennis Shots: 1004Badminton Shots: 1972Tennis Shots per rally: 3.4Badminton Shots per rally: 13.5Tennis Distance covered: 2 milesBadminton Distance covered: 4 miles&#13;
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