He claimed that the medical teams had to wait for the referee to give them permission to enter the court. Zhang took up badminton while in kindergarten. He was selected for China's national youth ...

The referee is in overall charge of a badminton tournament or championship(s) of which a match forms part, to uphold the Laws of Badminton and Competition Regulations in the BWF Statutes.

A 17-year-old rising Badminton Star Zhang Zhijie died after ... that medical teams had followed a rule where they needed the referee’s permission before entering the court.

The side winning a game will begin serving the next game. Are there referees and line judges during the Olympic badminton tournament? There will be one referee in charge of the entire tournament.