Which is quicker...?
(L-R) Eurostar, Shuttlecock and Leamington Spa's Naomi Folkard.
Yeps, you guessed it, a shuttlecock travels faster than the Eurostar* and an arrow.
China's Fu Haifeng has the fastest recorded smash during play, which is a whopping 206 mph! Quicker than the sluggish-by-comparison arrow, which flies around 188mph and the Eurostar which reaches speeds of 199mph.
Fu Haifeng, can smash a shuttle quicker than you can drive your car!
Even more impressive however is that Malaysia's Tan Boon Heong has topped that, in a practice he hit a smash at 262mph.
Tan Boon Heong, 262mph or 421km/h it's fairly pacey whichever way you look at it.
Oh, you think they serve it quicker in Tennis? Wrong. The fastest recorded serve is a modest 164mph by Australia's Samuel Groth.
Nice try Samuel, but it's not as quick as badminton.
* thanks to Dan McLaughlin for the train stat!
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