Original title: Badminton men’s doubles competition for Olympic qualifications intensifies (title)
“Tuou Combination” Asian Championships need to go all out (theme)
China Sports News reporter Zhou Yuan
With the end of the Swiss Badminton Open, the Paris Olympics rankings have changed again. The Chinese badminton team has achieved full participation in the four events of men’s singles, women’s singles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles. Only the men’s doubles have not yet been determined. The competition for men’s doubles qualifications has also entered a fierce stage, and the final suspense will be revealed at the Asian Championships in April. For the national badminton men’s doubles “Tuou combination” Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi, they need to go all out in the Asian Championships to fight for themselves and for the national badminton team to achieve the goal of full participation in the Olympics.
After the Super 300 Swiss Open on the World Badminton Tour, 11 pairs have confirmed their qualifications for the Olympic Games. They are the Korean combination Seo Seung Jae/Kang Min Hyuk, the Indian combination Rankireddy/Shetty, and the Chinese combination Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang, Danish combination Astrup/Rasmussen, Malaysian combination Chia Dingfeng/Su Weiyi, Japanese combination Hoki Takuro/Kobayashi Yugo, Indonesian combination Alfian/Ardianto, Chinese Taipei combination Li Yang/Wang Qilin , the British combination Ryan/Wendi, the Thai combination Chomke/Candlen, and the German combination Ramsfuss/Seidl.
Although the main players of the national badminton team at the Swiss Open did not participate, the results of the men’s doubles competition are related to the prospect of a full quota for the national badminton men’s doubles. In the end, the British team Ryan/Wendi upset the top seeds, Indonesian team Fikri/Maulana in the final and won the championship. The latter’s Olympic points did not exceed the Chinese team Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi. In the Olympic standings, Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi is temporarily ranked eighth with 74,458 points, and Fikri/Maulana is ranked ninth with 72,179 points. According to regulations, if an association has two or more doubles pairs ranked among the top eight in the Olympic standings, the association can obtain two Olympic qualifications in a single event.
Although this week’s Super 300 Spanish Masters is still an Olympic points tournament, the top men’s doubles players in the world’s badminton world are not participating. Everyone is recuperating and choosing to compete for the Asian Championships, which is equivalent to the World Badminton Tour Super 1000. Score Olympic points. Judging from the current situation, the battle for eighth place in the Olympic standings is very fierce. Whoever can get eighth place between Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi or Fikri/Maulana can get the full quota of men’s doubles seats for their association. In addition, Li Yang/Wang Qilin, who are temporarily ranked 10th in the Olympic standings, have already qualified for the Olympics, but if they perform well in the Asian Championships, they may surpass Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi, Fikri/Maulana and rank eighth.
For Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi, they are now standing on the edge of the cliff, but the initiative is also in their own hands. The Asian Championships is the decisive moment. Their performance against the main competitors Fikri/Maulana and Li Yang/Wang Qilin will determine the final Olympic seat. Faced with this situation, Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi must use all their potential, fight with all their strength, and give it a try to win Olympic tickets.
2024-03-26 03:16:13
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