{"id":9009,"date":"2021-09-01T14:48:32","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T07:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/?p=9009"},"modified":"2021-09-01T14:55:17","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T07:55:17","slug":"para-shuttler-leva-targets-javelin-medal-in-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/whats-new\/para-shuttler-leva-targets-javelin-medal-in-tokyo","title":{"rendered":"Para Shuttler Leva Targets Javelin Medal In Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nelly Ruth Leva is an inspirational leader and athlete in Papua New Guinea\u2019s sporting circles.<\/p>\n

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In 2020, she was part of the\u00a0quartet\u00a0who became PNG\u2019s first shuttlers to compete internationally at the\u00a0VICTOR Oceania Para Badminton Championships with the support of the BWF Female Participation Grant (link<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span>). Among them, they\u00a0collected four medals.<\/p>\n

They continued to inspire a legacy upon returning home by supporting their association to deliver a\u00a0food bank project\u00a0amid the global pandemic and then became qualified\u00a0Shuttle Time\u00a0teachers.<\/p>\n

Leva is a regular leader in the\u00a0Inclusive GymBad\u2013PNG programme, a combined Shuttle Time and gymnastics session which aims to remove barriers faced by those with disabilities. The mother of three, also an avid track and field athlete, has qualified for the javelin event at the\u00a0Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games and will contest the F46 final on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a role model to my community, I hope to inspire and motivate girls and people with disability to gain confidence, pick up a sport and attend the Inclusive GymBad programme,\u201d said Leva.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Her sporting prowess highlights the benefits of transferrable skills between disciplines and sporting codes. Leva is a left arm amputee and classifies as an\u00a0SU5 Para badminton\u00a0player, bringing particular attention to the importance of the rotating trunk and left shoulder to assist the overhead technique, which is relevant to both badminton and javelin.<\/p>\n

Building on a study by\u00a0Loughborough University\u00a0which sheds light on the overhead smash, Badminton Oceania reached out to one of the academic contributors and former international shuttler Harley Towler to see how the transferable skills of badminton relate to javelin.<\/p>\n

\u201cResearch into the badminton smash has identified critical technique factors that also appear in much of the throwing literature. Much of the end-point speed (javelin or racket-head speed) can be attributed to the role of the trunk and shoulder, where being able to counter-rotate your trunk (twisting) more and achieve greater rotational speeds at the trunk and shoulder have been found to be linked to greater shuttlecock speed in the badminton smash,\u201d said Towler.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe overhead action is used in many sports such as badminton, tennis, cricket and throwing, with the general aim to maximise release speed, so that an opponent has less time to react or the projectile is thrown further.\u201d<\/p>\n

Similarly, Iosefo Rakesa\u00a0is another shuttler making waves on the athletics scene. In 2018, he became Fiji\u2019s first Para badminton representative at the\u00a0Australia Para Badminton International and VICTOR Para Badminton Championships, and is in contention for a medal in javelin and shot put in Tokyo.<\/p>\n

Para badminton\u00a0is in its infancy in Oceania, with two representatives (Australians Grant Manzoney and Caitlin Dransfield) competing in Tokyo as the sport makes its Paralympic Games debut next Wednesday at the Yoyogi National Stadium.<\/p>\n

** First published on<\/b><\/em>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/span>Badminton Oceania website<\/i><\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span>by Tom Leonard.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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