41. If at any time the shuttlecock fell to the ground, teams would have to start over. 42. Clement became a regional high school champion in the sport of rackets and shuttlecocks ( or birdies ). 43. The CNBC host, Pat O'Brien, called Clement " the sultan of the shuttlecock ." 44. The special shuttlecock and the idea of the game were invented in 2001 in Berlin by Bill Brandes. 45. The sculpture comprises four individual shuttlecock elements, each measuring nearly 18 feet tall and 16 feet in diameter. 46. Bob Costas : We smacked the little fella around like a badminton shuttlecock during the pre-Oly hype. 47. This causes the final reconstructed volume to assume a rounded-conical shape, similar to a badminton shuttlecock . 48. Worsley described the pressure as like being " thrown to and fro like a shuttlecock a dozen times ". 49. He is best known for starring in independent films, notably " Shuttlecock " ( 2014 ). 50. Thanks to modern rackets, the shuttlecock sometimes travels 200 mph; this is not the game of your backyard.
