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Download Solution PDFWhich of the following sports was initially known as Poona?
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Download Solution PDFCorrect Answer Badminton
Key Points:
- The game of Badminton originated in Pune (Poona), now in Maharashtra state.
- For the same reason, the game was also known as Poona or Poonah after the garrison town of Poona.
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- Since 1992, badminton has been a Summer Olympic sport.
The Olympics includes five events:
- Men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, and women's doubles and mixed doubles.
- Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the highest international governing body of the sport.
- Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal, K. Srikanth and P.V. Sindhu are ranked amongst top-10 in current BWF ranking.
- Prakash Padukone was the first player from India to achieve world no.1 spot in the game.
- K. Srikanth was the second male to be ranked the top in male category after Prakash Padukone in April 2018.
- Saina Nehwal is the first female player from India to achieve World no.1 spot in April 2015.
- Kento MOMOTA from Japan is currently the highest-ranked male singles Badminton Player.
- TAI Tzu Ying from Taipei is currently the highest-ranked female singles Badminton Player.
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