Chinese National Badminton Team Aims for Full Participation in Olympics at Asian Championships

Badminton Asian Championships｜National badminton strives to fully participate in the Olympics 2024-04-10 10:00:49.0 Source: Xinhuanet Author: Tian Guangyu, Ding Wenxian

The 2024 Badminton Asian Championships kicked off on the 9th at the Ningbo Olympic Sports Center. As the final battle in Asia to compete for the qualifications for the Paris Olympics, Guoyu, which has sent out its main players, aims to fully participate in the Paris Olympics.

According to the Paris Olympics selection standards, in singles events, if a national (regional) Olympic committee has two or more players ranked in the top 16, they can get up to two participating places, which is full; in doubles, a country If the (regional) Olympic Committee wants to fully participate (two pairs), it needs at least two pairs to rank in the top 8. Before the start of the competition, the Chinese team had obtained full qualifications for the four individual events of men’s singles, women’s singles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles. The only variable was the men’s doubles event.

The points of the Asian Championships are based on the World Badminton Super 1000 event. The champion can get 12,000 points. For Asian players who are ranked “on the line” in the Olympic standings, it is the last chance to grab points. The competition in the men’s doubles event is particularly fierce. Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang ranked third, locking an Olympic spot for the Chinese team in advance. Another Chinese team combination Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi ranked eighth, only 2279 points ahead of the ninth Indonesian combination Fikri/Maulana. The performance of these two pairs in this tournament will determine whether they can go to Paris. In addition, the tenth-ranked Tokyo Olympic champion and Chinese Taipei team combination Li Yang/Wang Qilin and the 11th-ranked Chinese team combination He Jiting/Ren Xiangyu also have hopes of reaching the top eight.

In the women’s singles event, An Xiying, Chen Yufei, Dai Ziying, and Akane Yamaguchi, known as the “BIG4”, gather in Ningbo and sit as the top 4 seeds, providing a wonderful showdown for the audience. He Bingjiao, Han Yue, and Wang Zhiyi, who are ranked sixth, seventh, and ninth in the women’s singles rankings in the Olympic standings, have already received full Olympic quotas for the Chinese team. Who will stand with Chen Yufei in Paris, this game may be the key.

In other events, the Chinese team sent Shi Yuqi and Li Shifeng, who are ranked second and seventh in the world in men’s singles, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan, Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning, who are ranked first and fourth in the world in women’s doubles, and the world’s number one mixed doubles player. And third place Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong, Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping, without the pressure of Olympic quota, their goal in this event is to compete for gold and silver.

According to the schedule, the qualifying matches will be held on the 9th, the Chinese team will appear in the main competition starting on the 10th, and the final will be held on the 14th.

2024-04-10 02:31:32
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