Malaysia Open: The national feather faction is the strongest team, and then it is difficult to win the men's and women's singles championships with Japan and South Korea
The much-anticipated 2024 Malaysia Open Badminton Championships is about to kick off, and the Chinese team will play with the strongest lineup and strive to win 5 individual gold medals. This competition is the first appearance of the 2024 season, and the team is led by Shi Yuqi, Li Shifeng, Chen Yufei, Zheng Siwei, Huang Yaqiong, Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan. At present, the Chinese team is preparing for the final sprint. Head coach Zhang Jun said that the overall condition of the main players has been maintained well, and everyone is looking forward to starting the Olympic year!
During the critical period of Olympic preparations, the national feather made every effort to attack the full qualification
Last season, the Chinese badminton team gained a lot. In addition to the Sudirman Cup, the IELTS combination, the Fanchen combination, Li Shifeng, Chen Yufei, etc. have all won gold medals in international competitions. In terms of year-end world rankings, the Chinese team won the world No. 1 in men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles, setting a new record for the best in the history of the Paris Olympic cycle. In the 2023 year-end finals that ended not long ago, the Chinese team won full qualifications in men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles, and finally ended with 2 golds and 3 silvers, ranking first in the gold medal list and medal list.
Mixed doubles pair Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong, Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping won the gold and silver medals, while Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan won the women's doubles title. In addition, Shi Yuqi, Leung Wai Keng and Wang Chang all reached the finals. Entering the 2024 season, the preparation for the national feather competition will gradually start with the Olympics as the center. As far as the current competition situation is concerned, the framework of the main lineup of the national feather to participate in the Paris Olympics has been basically finalized. Shi Yuqi and Li Shifeng in Men's Singles, Chen Yufei, He Bingjiao and Han Yue in Women's Singles, and Men's Doubles pair Leung Wai Hang and Wang Chang, Liu Yuchen and Ou Xuanyi.
Two pairs of world No. 1s Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan, Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong, as well as Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping, are expected to compete in the Olympics. The upcoming Malaysia Open, as a BWF Super 1000 event, has attracted many top players to participate, and the Chinese team has also sent the strongest lineup in five individual events. The men's singles four are Li Shifeng, Shi Yuqi, Lu Guangzu and Weng Hongyang, and the women's singles group is still led by Chen Yufei. He Bingjiao, Han Yue, Wang Zhiyi, Zhang Yiman and Gao Fangjie all qualified for the competition.
The Men's Doubles quad pairs are Leung Wai Hang and Wang Chang, Liu Yuchen and Ou Xuanyi, Ho Jiting and Ren Xiangyu, Chen Boyang and Liu Yi. In Women's Doubles, Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan are the top seeds, while Zhang Shuxian and Zheng Yu, Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning could compete for a second ticket to the Paris Olympics. The mixed doubles remains the biggest gold medal for the Chinese team, with Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong, Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping, and Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin set to join forces for gold. With less than eight months to go before the Paris Olympics, the Chinese badminton team needs to go all out to win the Olympic points competition to ensure that they can get the Olympic ticket as soon as possible.
(Shopkeeper Luo)