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Badminton Stringing data for the Athens Games 2004

Tagsports restring data

Andy and Tim strung over 600 racquets at the Olympic Badminton Games and collected a great deal of data on racquets, strings, tensions, etc, Below is a sample of some of the data they collected.

All work was undertaken on Yonex stringing machines with the new ES5 Pro electric machine covering 90% of the work.
 

Racquets and strings for 10th Aug (see bottom of table explanation of data)
Name Country Racket String
BLAIR Robert GBR Armortec 700 BG 65 Ti
BREHAUT Ashley AUS Armortec 700 BG 68 Ti
BRUIL Chris NED Babolat BG 65
BUDIARTO Sigit INA Armortec 800 (DF) BG 68 Ti
CLARK Anthony GBR Carlton BG 65
CRESPO Jose Antonio ESP MP 99 BG 65
CRESPO Jose Antonio ESP MP 99 BG 80 (White)
DENNEY Travis AUS MP 99 BG 68 Ti
EMMS Gail GBR Carlton OWN STRING
HA Tae Kwon KOR ISO 800 BG 80 (White)
HA Tae Kwon KOR Armortec 800 (OF) BG 80 (White)
HADIYANTO Luluk INA MP 100 BG 66
HALLAM Tracey GBR MP 88 BG 80 (White)
HAN KevinQi USA Armortec 800 (OF) BG 65
HWANG Yu Mi KOR Armortec 800 (DF) BG 80 (White)
JUN Jae Youn KOR MP 99 BG 80 (White)
KIM Yong Hyun KOR Ti 10 BG 80 (White)
KIM Yong Hyun KOR Ti 10 BG 80 (White)
KUSH ARYANTO Tri INA Armortec 700 BG 68 Ti
KUSH ARYANTO Tri INA Armortec 800 (DF) BG 65 Ti
KUSH ARYANTO Tri INA Armortec 800 (DF) BG 65 Ti
LEE Dong Soo KOR Ti 10 BG 80 (White)
LEE Dong Soo KOR Cab 21 BG 65
LEE Dong Soo KOR Cab 20 BG 65
LEE Hyo Jung KOR MP 99 BG 80 (White)
LEE Hyun ll KOR Armortec 700 BG 80 (White)
LEE Hyun ll KOR Armortec 700 BG 80 (White)
LEE Kyung Won KOR Armortec 800 (OF) BG 80 (White)
LIMPELE Flandi INA Armortec 800 (OF) BG 80 (White)
LLOPIS Sergio ESP MP 100 BG 65 Ti
MORGAN Kelly GBR Armortec 700 BG 65
MORGAN Kelly GBR Armortec 700 BG 65
MUNT Natalie GBR Karakal OWN STRING
NOVITA Jo E Java INA MP 100 BG 65
NOVITA Jo E Java INA MP 99 BG 65
NOVITA Jo E Java INA Cab 20 BG 65
PARK Tae Sang KOR MP 99 BG 80 (White)
ROBERTSON Nathan GBR Carlton OWN STRING
ROBERTSON Nathan GBR Carlton OWN STRING
SALO Kasperi FIN Armortec 700 BG 80 (Yellow)
SEO Yoon Hee KOR MP 99 BG 80 (White)
SHON Seung Mo KOR Cab 30 BG 80 (White)
TRIPP Ella GBR Armortec 800 (DF) BG 65 Ti
TSAI Chia Hsin TPE Armortec 800 (OF) BG 65 Ti
VAUGHAN Richard GBR Carlton BG 80 (White)
WECKSTROM Anu FIN Wilson BG 65
WONG Pei Tty MAS Ti 10 BG 66
WRIGHT Joanne GBR Armortec 800 (DF) BG 65 Ti
YANG Pedro GUA MP 99 BG 65 Ti
YIM Bang Eun KOR Armortec 800 (DF) BG 80 (White)
YIM Bang Eun KOR Armortec 800 (DF) BG 80 (White)

Restring Data for 10th Aug 2004.
Player only shown more than once if using more than one type of racquet.
Data by Tagsports
The main strings used by country were:
China BG 65 Ti and BG 65
Korea BG 80
Indonisia BG 66
Denmark BG 80 (Yellow)
Netherlands BG 65
Hong Kong BG 65
Great Britain Own string and BG 65 Ti