Badminton is the world’s fastest racquet sport where players compete to hit a shuttlecock back and forth over a high net. It is unique to other net sports in that it uses a shuttlecock instead of a ball.
Team GB have won three badminton medals in Olympic competition; bronze in Sydney 2000, silver in Athens 2004 and a bronze in the men’s double in Rio 2016 by Chris Langridge and Marcus Ellis.
In Olympic competition, athletes compete in men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed doubles. Read more on the LA 2028 website.
The UK National Governing Body is Badminton England, based in Milton Keynes.