El bádminton es un deporte de raqueta en el que se enfrentan dos jugadores (individuales o solos) o dos parejas (dobles) situadas en las mitades opuestas de una pista rectangular dividida por una red. A diferencia de otros deportes de raqueta, en el bádminton no se juega con pelota, sino con un volante. Los jugadores deben golpear con sus raquetas el volante para que este cruce la pista por encima de la red y caiga en el sector oponente. El punto finaliza cuando el volante toca el suelo, después de sobrepasar la red. El bádminton es, desde los Juegos Olímpicos de Barcelona (1992), un deporte olímpico en cinco modalidades: individuales masculino y femenino, dobles masculino y femenino y dobles mixto. En esta última, la pareja está compuesta por un hombre y una mujer. Este deporte está fuertemente dominado por los deportistas asiáticos: China, Indonesia y Corea del Sur consiguieron 28 medallas de oro sobre 29.

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(This article is about the sport. For other uses, see Badminton (disambiguation).) Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players per side). Badminton is often played as a casual outdoor activity in a yard or on a beach; formal games are played on a rectangular indoor court. Points are scored by striking the shuttlecock with the racquet and landing it within the opposing side's half of the court. Each side may only strike the shuttlecock once before it passes over the net. Play ends once the shuttlecock has struck the floor or if a fault has been called by the umpire, service judge, or (in their absence) the opposing side. The shuttlecock is a feathered or (in informal matches) plastic projectile which flies differently from the balls used in many other sports. In particular, the feathers create much higher drag, causing the shuttlecock to decelerate more rapidly. Shuttlecocks also have a high top speed compared to the balls in other racquet sports. The game developed in British India from the earlier game of battledore and shuttlecock. European play came to be dominated by Denmark but the game has become very popular in Asia, with recent competition dominated by China. Since 1992, badminton has been a Summer Olympic sport with five events: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles. At high levels of play, the sport demands excellent fitness: players require aerobic stamina, agility, strength, speed, and precision. It is also a technical sport, requiring good motor coordination and the development of sophisticated racquet movements.

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