Gogeum National Sports Center, where the 62nd Jeonnam Sports Festival badminton match is scheduled to be held. Photo courtesy | Wando-gun
Game Rules & Watching Points by Event ‘Badminton’ Edition
The 62nd Jeollanam-do Sports Festival, a sports festival of harmony for 2 million Jeollanam-do citizens, will be held in Wando-gun for 4 days from May 12th to 15th.
The Organizing Committee of the 62nd Jeollanam-do Sports Festival introduces game rules and spectating points for each event so that citizens and tourists can enjoy the games held during the event more fun. This event is ‘badminton’.
Badminton is a sport that is registered in the Guinness Book of World Records as a fast-paced ball sport, with the speed of the shuttlecock exceeding 300 km when smashing.
The badminton match of the 62nd Jeollanam-do Sports Festival takes place for three days from May 13th to 15th at the Gogeum National Sports Center with 180 players from 22 cities and counties participating to determine the strongest team.
The competition is divided into men’s and women’s mixed doubles, men’s doubles, and women’s doubles and proceeds in a tournament format.
In the 62nd competition in 2023, Hwasun-gun, which took first place in all events in 2019 and first place in 2 events in 2022, and Yeongam-gun, which took second place after being pushed by Hwasun-gun for two consecutive years, will be the point to watch as they compete fiercely for first place. Prospect.
Yeosu City, Mokpo City, Suncheon City, Yeonggwang County, and Shinan County, who suffered a disappointing defeat in the quarterfinals and semifinals, are also worthy of attention.
Wando-gun, the host city, has only been in the mid-level, but it will also be a point to watch if it can leap to the top by taking advantage of the venue.
Sports Donga (Wando)｜Reporter Yang Eun-joo [email protected]
