In 2023, it can be said that there will be gains and losses for the Chinese badminton team. The most important thing for an athlete is the amount of prize money they receive in the competition. In China, there are two main sources of income for athletes in the system, one is commercial value income, and sports such as badminton do not have high commercial value like singles champions, so commercial income is relatively small. The second is the income from competition bonuses, which are the biggest guarantee for athletes after retirement.
In 2024, national table tennis player Fan Zhendong reopened social media and mentioned the prize money income of the Chinese badminton team in his first post. He said that he envied the prize money earned by Jia Yifan, a good friend of the national table tennis female team member Sun Yingsha, in the past, and thought that even the competition with the highest prize money in national table tennis was far from catching up. This has attracted the attention of many fans to the prize money of the Chinese badminton team players.
Let's take a look at Huang Dongping, who is ranked 17th, first. As the mixed doubles champions of the Tokyo Olympics, Huang Dongping and Feng Yanzhe have had a lot of ups and downs, which has led to Huang Dongping's total prize money income in 2023 being only 226,525 US dollars (about 1.61 million yuan). Huang Dongping's income ranks 9th in the national table tennis team.
Ranking 4th in national table tennis is Huang Yaqiong, whose income in 2023 will reach 342,750 US dollars (about 2.43 million yuan). Huang Yaqiong's partner Zheng Siwei also ranked 11th in terms of income this year, and because the two competed together, the prize money was equally shared. Therefore, Zheng Siwei's bonus also reached 2.43 million yuan, and the two tied for fourth place.
To sum up, the tournament prize money income of the players of the Chinese badminton team is truly amazing. However, in a sport like badminton, there is relatively little commercial value income other than prize money. Despite this, the prize money is still the greatest guarantee for athletes after retirement, and it is also the reward for their hard work in their competitive career.