The 2022 Asian Badminton Championships will be held in the Philippines from April 26 to May 1, and today, the team that has been training in China set off for the Philippines. In addition to the team members from China, There are also team members from Thailand training camps and South Korea. After all the team members meet, Kuniwa will make final preparations for the Asian Championship. Veteran Chen Long stayed in China to continue training and prepare for the Hangzhou Asian Games.
The level of this Asian Championship is equivalent to the BWF Super 1000 Event, in order to train the team and earn points, The National Feather sent most of the main players to participate in the competition. In three doubles, Guoyu has sent the strongest lineup, of which Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan of the women's doubles and Wang Yilu/Huang Dongping of the mixed doubles will play as the defending champion. The women's doubles team also played Du Yue/Li Wenmei, Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu, and Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong, Feng Yanzhe/Lin Fangling also played in the mixed doubles. Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong also joined hands again after the All England Open. In the women's singles, the coaching staff hid Tokyo Olympic champion Chen Yufei, and He Bingjiao, who won two championships at the German Open and the Korea Masters this year, led Wang Zhiyi, Han Yue and Zhang Yiman to play.
Compared with the other four individual events, the men's singles lineup is relatively weak, and Guo Yu sent Sun Feixiang, Li Shifeng, Weng Hongyang and Lei Lanxi to compete. In addition to the players who have already participated in the competition outside, today, the team members who trained in China officially embarked on the journey of the Asian Championship. Guoyu men's doubles coach Chen Qichen posted his passport and luggage, and said: "After setting off at the Asian Championships in the Philippines, after two and a half years, embark on the journey again and be that better yourself!" Previously, Chen Qichen, who was the head coach of the men's doubles team, left the national first team in December 2019 to coach the second team, but after the Tokyo Olympics, he returned to the first team to continue coaching the men's doubles team. Today, Chen Qiyu accompanies Guoyu to the Asian Championships, which is also the first major competition he has played since his return to Guoyu. After participating in the full English Open and missing the Swiss Open, some members of the national team directly returned to the Thailand training camp for training, and some of the team members went to South Korea to participate in the Korean Open and the Korea Masters, and all the players participating in the Asian Championships will gather in the Philippines to participate in this competition.
Chen Long, the big brother of the national feather men's singles, stayed in China and continued to train in preparation for the Hangzhou Asian Games in September. After the end of last year's National Games, Chen Long chose to rest, he returned to his family, accompanied his wife and son, until after the Spring Festival this year, Chen Long returned to the team and began to carry out restorative training, with the goal of the Hangzhou Asian Games. Due to the short recovery time, he has not participated in all the competitions that Kuniwa is currently participating in. At the Jinjiang Training Base in Fujian Province, Chen Long conducted training under the guidance of li mao, the head coach. Li Mao also personally went into battle, giving Chen Long a sparring partner, and his movements at the age of 64 are still very flexible. Li Mao returned to Kuniwa in September 2019 after a gap of 21 years, responsible for Chen Long's training, and also led Chen Long back to the top, reaching the final again at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Previously, the coaching staff of Guoyu competed, did not see the news of Li Mao, many fans worried about whether he left Guoyu, and now he continues to accompany Chen Long and continue to move forward towards the next goal.