One sport which was not mention in your story on lesser know Olympic sorts in North America, was badminton. Badminton is ranked in the top five sports wattched and played in the world and on some web sites, it is ranked number two. It is the fastest racquet sport in the world. The fastest smash hit in a tournament was two hundred and six miles per hour. The fastest smash hit in practise was approximately two hundred and fifty four miles per hour.