Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Fastest Badminton Smash

Fu Haifeng and Cai Yun in badminton double event

Fastest badminton smash. I do searching and digging internet to find and compare who has the fastest badminton smash ever. Who do you think? Fu Haifeng from China set for world's fastest badminton smash where he played on double event with his partner Cai Yun in Sudirman Cup, Indonesia on 3 June 2005. Fu Haifeng smash is 332 kph or 206 mph. While another record of fastest badminton racket hit in single event made by Taufik Hidayat from Indonesia with 305 kph or 189 mph. Why the gap between double and single record so wide? At high levels of play, doubles rallies are extremely fast. Men's doubles is the most aggressive form of badminton, with a high proportion of powerful jump smashes. Fastest badminton stroke is faster comparing to fastest tennis serve by Andy Roddick, even in same (single) event. 






China, Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia and Denmark are among the nations that have consistently produced world-class players in the past few decades and dominated competitions on the international level, with China being the most dominant in recent years.

Source: wikipedia.org

Monday, August 18, 2008

Fastest Man on No Legs; The Blade Runner

Fastest Man on No Legs, The Blade Runner Oscar Pistorius

Fastest Man on No Legs. Known as the Blade Runner, Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius is the fastest man on no legs. Pistorius holds the world record of double amputee runner in 100, 200 and 400 events. This fastest man on no legs born on 22 November 1986 without bones in his both lower legs, and when he was 11 months old, his parents made decision to amputate his legs. They never thought he later sprint his way into the world record books. He runs with J-shaped carbon-fibre prosthetics called the "Cheetah Flex-Foot" manufactured by Icelandic company, Ossur.

Although eligible to compete in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, Pistorius did not qualify for the South African team. Watch the video about judgment on his 'unfair' advantage of his legs.





Read more about this fastest man on no legs here

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Word's Fastest Knife Throwing

David R. Adamovich aka The Great Throwdini, fastest knife thrower

David R. Adamovich, also known as 'The Great Throwdini' is the fastest knife thrower. He has set and broke many records in the world than any other knife thrower. Currently he holds record for fastest knife throwing, knife throwing catching, fastest knife throwing around human target and fastest knife throwing on the double ladder of death. This guy was recorded sticking 3 knives in less than 1 second (0.97 sec) with a high speed video. On knife throwing around human target, his record is 144 throw in 1 minute (3 at a time). Another fastest knife throwing on double ladder of death is 16 knives in 6.1 seconds (0.38 seconds/knife).

Read his complete records here


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