BWF – Home-made “hawk-eye” for badminton

In an interview given to Malaysian newspaper The Star, BWF Vice President Paisan Rangsikitpho, also Chairman of the Events Committee, mentioned that the BWF was considering using a new technology to prevent suspicious calls from line judges,  – a technology somehow different to the Hawk-Eye technology used in Tennis.

“We are finally making the proposal for the use of this technology. We are not adopting Hawk-eye but are looking into investing in similar technology – a combination of human and new scientific methods by an American company. It will involve huge costs but I believe it will be worth it. If the council approves, we will start by testing it in a few tournaments. We will start with one court and monitor it from then on.”

The Thai-born American also talked about changes in the Olympic format which had been criticized after the disqualification of the eight players this summer. If the round robin stage shall remain with groups, the BWF is looking at a redraw after the first stage to prevent what happened in London. Also, amongst the new things coming up, the international body is looking at a new and improved Grand Prix Gold Series with better prize money.

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