Badminton for the third time at the European Games
The program of the 3rd European Games also included badminton. The actions of the best badminton players, could be followed in the previous two editions of the Games – in 2015 in Baku, as well as in 2019 in Minsk. Next year’s Games will once again bring out the best players from across Europe.
The showcase game of the 19th century at the Olympic Games
The origins of badminton are estimated to date back as far as several thousand years earlier. Archaeologists have often uncovered ancient paintings in the remains of ancient civilizations – Aztec and Chinese, which depicted a game very similar to badminton. The name of the game is derived from the English name of the estate , “Badminton House”, which belonged to the 8th Duke of Beaufort, Henry Somerset, located in Gloucestershire. It was there, in 1870, that the first demonstration of the game, which consisted of tapping a racket with a dart made of cork and feathers using rules similar to those of today, took place.
The origins of badminton are estimated to date back as far as several thousand years earlier. Archaeologists have often uncovered ancient paintings in the remains of ancient civilizations – Aztec and Chinese, which depicted a game very similar to badminton. The name of the game is derived from the English name of the estate , “Badminton House”, which belonged to the 8th Duke of Beaufort, Henry Somerset, located in Gloucestershire. It was there, in 1870, that the first demonstration of the game, which consisted of tapping a racket with a dart made of cork and feathers using rules similar to those of today, took place.
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