Int'l badminton tournament starts in Cuba (Xinhua) Updated: 2005-06-10 10:02 With the participation of 58
athletes from 14 nations, the 6th International Giraldilla Badminton Tournament
starts Thursday with a competition program at Havana's Kid Chocolate Sports
Complex.
Among the athletes who have confirmed their participation are English Toby
Honey, the world's number 60; Welsh Martin Lewis (63)and Spanish Carlos Logo
(118).
The timetable of the competition includes the Thursday and Friday heat, the
semifinals on Saturday and the finals on Sunday 12.
This competition will give points in the singles, doubles and double-mixed
categories, and the winners of each of these will receive 180 world-ranking
points.
The first edition of the Giraldilla contest was in 1999 and since then it
takes place each year at this capital.
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