The UNTOLD history of badminton at the Asian Games
The Asian Games (Asiad) is the 2nd largest multi sports event in the world! (according to the IOC)
And badminton has been a part of the Asian Games programme since 1962!
With the BWF being split until 1981, with many Asian nations like China, Korea and Thailand unable to compete at tournaments like the All England, World Championships, etc the Asian Games is actually the longest running badminton tournament where ALL of Asia has competed against each other.
This has undoubtedly created a very long and rich history.
And with the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou just concluding, I felt it as good a time as any to dive into that history.
And oh boy, was it a ride, with many crazy and unbelievable stories...
Controversies, underdog stories, and legend making moments are all a part of this journey.
A journey that involves legends like Tjun Tjun, Park Joo Bong, Lin Dan, Taufik Hidayat, Lee Hyun Il, and current greats like Rankireddy and Shetty
This video couldn't have been done without many people's help. Thank you to everyone who gave me story ideas, links, news articles, etc. Without you, this video would not have been possible!
Enjoy the ride, and don't forget to add your own stories in the comments.
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Some of the best 40 minutes I've spent, this story was really insane! Keep up the good work Ben! The amount of detail is mind boggling. Absolutely. Insane. Dedication. I wait in anticipation of your next video!
@BenBeckmanBadminton
7 ай бұрын
So glad you enjoyed it mate. I'll do my best to keep the level up!
What a great vide Ben! Thank you for your hardwork to make this possible. Looking forward to more content from you!
Hello Ben. Great story and great depiction. :) I don't see many historical take or journalist reviews of the badminton game. The most of the coverage is about game videos and news. We rarely hear behind the scenes news, injuries, recoveries, strategies, player's interests and pranks. Even BWF doesn't spend time and effort to tell the story the way you did. 👏👏👏
@BenBeckmanBadminton
7 ай бұрын
Hey Really glad you enjoyed the video. Yes I agree, there isn't much of this kind of content and that's a shame. It's why I've started to make it myself 😊
Highest quality badminton documentary channel on the platform. Amazed at the time and effort you have put into it. Keep it up mate - you've got a new fan and subscriber.
@BenBeckmanBadminton
Ай бұрын
Thank you so so much, both for the kind words and the subscription 🙂🙌🏻
Such great efforts from you 👏
@BenBeckmanBadminton
7 ай бұрын
Thank u so much
This is really informational. You must had a tough research doing this. Great job! 👏 Thank you!
@BenBeckmanBadminton
7 ай бұрын
You're very welcome. Glad u enjoyed it
Amazing detail as always, very informative. Thank you for all the research and side stories that aren't usually mentioned. Awesome stuff!
@BenBeckmanBadminton
7 ай бұрын
My absolute pleasure. I'm glad you enjoyed the video 😊🙌🏻
thankyou for the great content Ben !
@melonusk6120
7 ай бұрын
greetings from Indonesia
@BenBeckmanBadminton
7 ай бұрын
You're welcome 😊
Hey ben! great video as always. SO glad a channel like yours exist to give up great insights and documentries for badminton :) been watching all your videos since the start and it's always so fun to do your own little research from wikipedia and stuff while watching your videos haha. And yes we'd be really happy to hear about the history of BWF and their splitting Looking forward to the next one! have a great day :)
@BenBeckmanBadminton
7 ай бұрын
Haha I'm glad you are finding them enjoyable and educational too. Plenty more to come from me and I will for sure tell everyone the story of that split. Will dive in as deep as I can on that and see what I can unearth
Ben u really made my day. Every badminton dans wants contents like this❤ and effort behind these content is huge and thanks you for giving this beautiful video
@BenBeckmanBadminton
7 ай бұрын
You are very very welcome. So glad you enjoyed the video 😊
Very interesting video, thanks Ben!
@BenBeckmanBadminton
7 ай бұрын
My pleasure! Glad u liked it
Great video!! 👏🏻👏🏻
@BenBeckmanBadminton
7 ай бұрын
Cheers, glad you enjoyed it
Great video Ben!
@BenBeckmanBadminton
7 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
Wow! Great Video!! It was long, but worth it. Your videos are truly interesting and makes me fall in love with this sport even more. Keep it going!
@BenBeckmanBadminton
7 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it even though it was a long one. Definitely more to come
Another great video Ben! And you must have quite a backlog of subjects to talk about 😅. Would love to hear one on the IBF/WBF - BWF👍
@BenBeckmanBadminton
7 ай бұрын
I have too many to count. Yeah I want to tell that story for sure. From the bits I've read it's very interesting
Brilliant video. Definitely should have WAY more views
@BenBeckmanBadminton
6 ай бұрын
Thank you. Shame it hasn't pulled in the views I wanted but I'll keep putting content out
@xiexiemaster
6 ай бұрын
Keep up the great work ! Love what you do , do what you love ! @@BenBeckmanBadminton
@BenBeckmanBadminton
6 ай бұрын
@xiexiemaster thank you and will do 🙂
Your videos are great. Especially for those that are new but want to know more about the culture of this sport.
@BenBeckmanBadminton
7 ай бұрын
I could do a badminton overview for newcomers. Sound good?
@eclipse1161
7 ай бұрын
@@BenBeckmanBadminton that would be very interesting!
Great video as always. An addition I'll like to make, there are lots of brothers in men's football that play for different countries. Rafinha (Brazil) and Thiago Alcantara (Spain), Kevin-Prince Boateng (Ghana) and Jerome Boateng (Germany) to name just a few.
@BenBeckmanBadminton
4 күн бұрын
That's cool, thanks for letting me know. I don't follow football so had no clue haha
Before this I only knew that South Korea benefited from unfair competition as the host nation in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
@rezhaadriantanuharja3389
7 ай бұрын
Look up Roy Jones Jr. vs Park Si Hun in the boxing event at the olympic.
I usually don't comment on videos but I'm choosing to for the algorithm. I'm amazed by the detailed documentary videos you've been producing for badminton and I appreciate learning more about historic events and players. I really hope you continue to document these for badminton enthusiasts like myself!
@BenBeckmanBadminton
6 ай бұрын
Oh wow, thank you so much! I will for sure be diving into more badminton history in the future. Appreciate the support 🙏🏻
Wow ! Badminton 🏸 at the Asian games was messy lol Thank you for the education
@BenBeckmanBadminton
7 ай бұрын
You're very welcome. It was eye opening to unearth some of these stories
I can't believe the amount of work you put into this documentary, crazy! I bet it's the first one about badminton of Asian Games. Salute to your dedication! I'm surprised China performs not so well with all the legends we have, that made history interesting! What made you decide to make a video about Asian Games, is it no medal for Indonesia for the first time?
@BenBeckmanBadminton
7 ай бұрын
Really glad u enjoyed it and yeah I don't see any other videos on history of badminton at Asian games. I decided to do it because the Asian Games was on and I knew it must have many stories to tell...I was right. No other reason than that 😊
Wow very nice video, very informative and interesting, please do other games like Europe and so on
yeah 2023 Asian games badminton side really devastating for Indonesia. I kinda miss tournament news because busy with work but personally it bring back plenty of questions into PBSI. There only two sports on Indonesia that can unite Indonesian, Badminton and Football. Indonesian do acknowledge our football national team is weak and bunch of scandal on Indonesia football association, but for badminton. Nightmare is quite underline.
Thr 2006 Asian game Women Single final was contested by two players from Hong Kong! The Young Yip Puiyin shocked the world to defeat Olympic Champion Zhang Ning en route to the final, but eventually fell short to her compatriot Wang Chen in the final. Success stories of underdog teams and nations are what the sport needs to spread popularity across the world
@BenBeckmanBadminton
7 ай бұрын
A great story 🙌🏻 thanks for sharing
Lol South Korea will always play dirty if they hold a sporting event.
Badminton asian games stumbled so that badminton Olympics could walk
@BenBeckmanBadminton
7 ай бұрын
You could see it that way for sure 😅
Well well South Korea men’s team. Never won the Thomas Cup but 3 times Asian Games gold medalists. And all were on home soil.😂😂
@BenBeckmanBadminton
Ай бұрын
Undefeated at home haha
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