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  • Men's Doubles
  • Women's Singles
  • Women's Doubles
  • Mixed Doubles
InformationBadminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs (doubles), who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Because shuttlecock flight is strongly affected by wind, competitive badminton is always played indoors. Since 1992, badminton is an Olympic sport with five events: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles, in which each pair is a man and a woman.
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    Athletics (Men's 50km Race Walk)
    RussiaSergey Kirdyapkin3:35:59 (OR)
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    IndiaBasanta Bahadur Rana3:56:48 (NR)
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    KenyaDavid Lekuta Rudisha 1:40.91 (WR)
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    United StatesTianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter 40.82 (WR)
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