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January 11, 2022 27 mins

Badminton is the second most popular sport in the world, and while participation in the US is high, it's largely unstructured. Hear from a devoted badminton enthusiast, Andrew Rhoades, who couldn't be more thrilled to have discovered the sport, as well as Ian Wright, Director of Development for the World Badminton Federation, about participation trends in the US, some surprising health benefits of badminton, and a new version of the game that just may become an Olympic sport someday.

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