Badminton boosters

From: Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA | Date: January 5, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

At 82 and 77, former Elizabethtown couple crusade to pitch badminton as a sport.

JOAN KERN

It's the world's fastest racket sport, ahead of racket ball and tennis.

It's a full medal sport at the Olympic Summer Games.

According to Olympic officials, it requires "the agility of an acrobat, the killer instinct of a panther, the accuracy of a marksman, the power of a racehorse, the speed of a sprinter and the stamina of a marathon runner."

What is it?

Badminton.

Believed to be born in China thousands of years ago, played in "poona" matches in ...

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