Badminton

Badminton is often described as the fastest sport in the Commonwealth Games with the shuttlecock reaching speeds of up to 400km/h.

At the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast Team England will compete six medal events; singles and doubles for men and women, mixed doubles and the mixed team event.

Chris and Gabby Adcock won gold for Team England in the mixed doubles in 2014 where the team won a total of five medals.

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Each match is the best of three games with the winner of each game being the first player/s to reach 21 by two clear points

Points are scored when the shuttlecock hits the ground on the opponents side of the net within the boundaries of the court

At 20-all, the side which scores two consecutive points shall win that game

The singles and doubles events are a straight knockout tournament with the mixed team event having a group stage followed by a straight knockout

Team England previous badminton medals

33

Gold

32

Silver

36

Bronze

101

Total

Team Leader

Jon Austin

Jon has been involved with Badminton for over 38 years as a player, coach, volunteer and is presently the Director of Performance and Coaching at Badminton England. Jon started his professional life as a Physical Training Instructor in the Royal Air Force before taking on a number of roles within Sport and Leisure including being a Performance Advisor at UK Sport, CEO of Pentathlon GB and combining his current role with that of Olympic Team Leader for the Rio and Tokyo cycles.