Chinese team 5 gold and 4 silver! The first place in the gold medal list and medal list, the best record of the year, and the five-star red flag fluttering
On June 25, Beijing time, the competition for the individual championships and runners-up of the 2023 Hangzhou International Challenge ended. In the end, the Chinese team successfully won the gold medals in all events, ranking first in the gold medal list and medal list with 5 gold and 4 silver! Among them, Cheng Xing and Chen Fanghui won the mixed doubles championship, and Lei Lanxi and Chen Lu won the men's singles and women's singles championships respectively. The gold medal in the women's doubles went to Xia Yuting and Zhou Xinru, while another Chinese pair Keng Shuliang and Zhang Chi won the silver medal. In the men's doubles focus match, Chen Xujun and Peng Jianqin defeated the Malaysian pair Liu Hangyi and Wu Yongchang 2-1, helping Guoyu to finish successfully with 5 golds!
The framework for the Paris Olympics has been set to train talent for the Los Angeles Olympics
This season, the main competitions of the Chinese badminton team are the Sudirman Cup, the Hangzhou Asian Games and the World Championships, and young players have been given more opportunities to play in other international competitions. At present, the points competition of badminton events at the Paris Olympics has begun, and the Chinese Legion is striving to obtain full qualifications. Among the 5 individual events, Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong, Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan, Chen Yufei, Shi Yuqi, Liu Yuchen, Ou Weiyi, etc., are already the main team of Guoyu preparing for the Paris Olympics.
In the Badminton International Challenge held in Hangzhou, the national badminton coaching staff selected many young players to play, in order to let them test their abilities and rich competition experience. Lei Lanxi, Liu Liang and Zhang Weiyi in the men's singles event, Dai Wang and Chen Lu in the women's singles event, Cheng Xing and Chen Fanghui in the mixed doubles team, Xia Yuting and Zhou Xinru in the women's doubles team, and Chen Xujun and Peng Jianqin in the men's doubles team are all key training objects for Guoyu in the next Olympic cycle.
5 finals won all gold medals
In this international challenge, many Chinese players participated in this international challenge for the first time, but the final results greatly exceeded expectations. The most commendable is the women's doubles, with China's Xia Yuting and Zhou Xinru, Wang Tingge and Wang Yiduo, Keng Shuliang and Zhang Chi, Li Qian and Wu Mengying winning the semifinals. In the championship and runner-up match, Xia Yuting and Zhou Xinru played well, defeating Keng Shuliang and Zhang Chi 2-0 to win the championship. In the mixed doubles event, Cheng Xing and Chen Fanghui, Guo Xinwa and Li Qian all won in the semifinals, helping the Chinese team to secure the gold medal early. In the final, Cheng Xing and Chen Fanghui, who were in better form, defeated Guo Xinwa and Li Qian to win the first championship trophy of the season.
In the men's singles final, national badminton rising star Lei Lanxi defeated teammate Liu Liang in straight sets to win the championship. The women's singles gold medal match was also played between the two Chinese players, and in the end, Chen Lu won the championship by a big 2-0 victory over Dai Wang. Some fans pointed out that although Chen Lu has the best results in this batch of national badminton women's singles newcomers, there is a clear gap with the world's top masters. In the women's doubles final, Xia Yuting and Zhou Xinru won the gold medal with 2-1 Nick Keng Shuliang and Zhang Chi. In the finale men's doubles gold medal match, Chen Xujun and Peng Jianqin defeated the Malaysian pair Liu Hangyi and Wu Yongchang in three sets, helping the Chinese team end with 5 golds!
(Luo Treasurer)