Badminton rackets, pair

Badminton rackets, pair, metal, without grip.

History: Badminton is one of the oldest sports in the world – the first records date back to the 7th century, when the Chinese played a shuttlecock game. Similar games were played in Japan and Korea, by the native peoples of the Americas and in medieval Europe, where it was later forgotten. The history of modern badminton began with a game called poona, named after the Indian city of Pune, where British officers "discovered" it around 1850 and brought it to England. In 1860 Isaac Spratt published a pamphlet titled "Badminton Battledore – a new game", named after Badminton House, the seat of the Duke of Beaufort, where the game was played. The International Badminton Federation (IBF) was founded in 1934 and renamed the Badminton World Federation (BWF) on 24 September 2006. Badminton was a demonstration sport at the 1972 Munich Olympics and became a full Olympic sport in 1992. Czech Olympians include Tomasz Mendrek and Eva Lacinová (Barcelona 1992) and Petr Koukal and Kristína Ludíková (Beijing 2008); Petr Koukal and Kristína Gavnholt (née Ludíková) competed again in London 2012.