Xinhua News Agency, Ningbo, April 14 (Reporter Ding Wenxian, Tian Guangyu, Xia Liang) At the 2024 Badminton Asian Championships on the 14th, the Chinese team won three gold medals, Wang Zhiyi, Liang Weihang/Wang Chang, Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping won the women's singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles championships respectively.
Since the start of the competition, the national feather has made great progress, and players have advanced to the finals in five individual events. The Women's Singles final was an intra-team match, with Olympic champion Chen Yufei taking on No. 8 seed Wang Zhiyi. The two sides have played each other in international competitions 8 times before, and Wang Zhiyi has won all 8 games. The first game was very stalemate, and the two sides were evenly divided all the way to 19:19, and Wang Zhiyi scored two points in a row to lock up the victory. In the second game, Wang Zhiyi was like a bamboo, and opened the score difference at the beginning, and soon won 21:7.
After winning the last point, Wang Zhiyi hid his face with his hands for a long time. "There's a sense of release. There have been some ups and downs in the past two years, and a lot of things have been experienced, so I was more excited than when I won the championship in 2022. She revealed that she actually accidentally injured her waist in the first game, so her follow-up energy was a little scattered, but she still persevered.
At the award ceremony, Chen Yufei, Wang Zhiyi and teammates He Bingjiao and Han Yue, who stopped in the semifinals, stood on the podium together. In this regard, Chen Yufei said with a smile: "We are all very excited (to win the semi-finals). It's a very good trend and hopefully we can continue to improve together." ”
In the Men's Doubles final, third seeds Leung Wai Hang/Wang Chang defeated Malaysia's Goh Shi Fei/Izuuddin 21-17, 15-21, 21-10. Wang Chang, a native of Ningbo, reached the top in his hometown as he wished, and after the game, he said that he was running for the championship.
The mixed doubles gold medal also belongs to the Chinese team. After a sparkling battle, Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping defeated South Korea's world champions Seo Seung-jae/Choi Yoo-hyun 13-21, 21-15, 21-14.
In the men's singles final, Hangzhou Asian Games champion and Chinese team Li Shifeng faced Jakarta Asian Games champion Jonatan, and in the end, Indonesian Jonatan, who has been in good form recently, won in straight games. After the match, Li Shifeng admitted that the opponent's strength is indeed relatively strong, and he has not been able to find the "right feeling".
Another gold medal that the Chinese team did not win was the women's doubles. South Korea's Baek Ha Na/Lee So Hee defeated Jang Shu Hyun/Zheng Yu 2:0 to win the championship.
After a short break, the national team will compete in the Thomas Cup and Uber Cup in Chengdu at the end of this month.