China Dominates at the 2024 Asian Badminton Championships: Three Gold Medals Win

The national feathers won three gold medals at the Asian Badminton Championships 2024-04-15 09:43:32.0 Source: Xinhuanet Author: Ding Wenxian, Tian Guangyu, Xia Liang

At the 2024 Badminton Asian Championships on the 14th, the Chinese team won three gold medals. Wang Zhiyi, Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang, Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping won the women’s singles, men’s doubles and mixed doubles championships respectively.

Since the start of the competition, the national badminton team has made rapid progress, with players in all five individual events advancing to the finals. The women’s singles final was an intra-team contest between Olympic champion Chen Yufei and No. 8 seed Wang Zhiyi. The two sides have met 8 times in international competitions before, and Wang Zhiyi has failed in all 8 matches. The first game was very close, with the two sides evenly divided until 19:19. Wang Zhiyi scored two points in a row to seal the victory. In the second game, Wang Zhiyi was unstoppable. She widened the point difference at the beginning and quickly won another victory at 21:7.

After winning the last point, Wang Zhiyi covered her face with her hands for a long time. “There is a feeling of release. There have been some ups and downs in the past two years, and I have experienced a lot, so I am more excited than when I won the championship in 2022.” She revealed that she accidentally injured her waist during the first game, so her subsequent energy was a bit scattered. But he still persisted.

At the award ceremony, Chen Yufei and Wang Zhiyi stood on the podium together with their teammates He Bingjiao and Han Yue, who were in the semi-finals. In this regard, Chen Yufei said with a smile: “We are all very excited (to win the semi-finals). This is a very good trend, and I hope we can continue to make progress together.”

In the men’s doubles final, No. 3 seeds Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang defeated the Malaysian combination Wu Shifei/Ezuddin 21:17, 15:21 and 21:10. Wang Chang from Ningbo reached the top in his hometown as he wished. After the game, he said that he came here just to win the championship.

The mixed doubles gold medal also belonged to the Chinese team. After a sparkling contest, Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping reversed South Korea’s World Championships champion combination Seo Seung Jae/Cai Yujing at 13:21, 21:15 and 21:14.

The men’s singles final pitted Hangzhou Asian Games champion and Chinese team Li Shifeng against Jakarta Asian Games champion Jonatan. In the end, Indonesian Jonatan, who has been in good form recently, won in straight games. After the game, Li Shifeng admitted that his opponent was indeed stronger, but he had never been able to find the “right feeling.”

Another gold medal that the Chinese team did not win was the women’s doubles. South Korean players Baek Ha Na/Lee So Hee defeated Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu 2:0 to win the championship.

After a short break, Guoyu will compete in the Thomas Cup and Uber Cup games in Chengdu at the end of this month.

2024-04-15 03:54:23
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