When it comes to the qualification of the Tokyo Olympic Games, Xia Xiaoze believes that the Chinese team’s women’s singles, women’s doubles and mixed couples can participate in the Olympic Games in full, and the men’s singles and man pair are under great pressure to participate in the Olympic Games.
Xinhua News Agency, Xiamen, December 25, China Badminton Association held a member congress in Xiamen on the 25th. Xia Yuze, vice chairman of the Badminton Association, made a report on the work of the national badminton team, summarizing that the performance of the national badminton team in 2019 “there are surprises and regrets, with ups and downs and progress, it is predicted that the competition for the Tokyo Olympics next year will exceed that of the past.
In 2019, the national badminton team participated in 56 races, 26 of which were Olympic points race, winning 47 championships, exceeding the 33 gold medals last year.
Xia Xiaoze believes that the performance of the team varies greatly throughout the year. In the first half of the year, the young players made obvious progress, and the team also made some breakthroughs in the overall performance, such as winning 3 gold in the All-England Open and 4 Gold in Malaysia’s top competition, and recaptured the sodiman Cup lost two years ago. However, it failed to continue the good momentum since then, and only won the mixed double championship in the world championships in August. The team made a profound summary and reflection, and finally realized the rebound at the end of the year.
When talking about the qualification of the Tokyo Olympic Games, Xia Xiaoze believes that the Chinese team’s women’s singles, women’s doubles and mixed couples can participate in the Olympic Games in full, and the men’s singles and man pair are under great pressure to participate in the Olympic Games.
He analyzed that in terms of men’s orders, it was not a big problem for Yan long to get the qualification; After Shi Yuqi returned from injury, his status was uncertain. Almost all the stations in the Olympic Games points race needed to be played, and we must strive for the best results, at the same time, we have to pay close attention to the recovery situation; Lu Guangzu and Lin Dan need to make some breakthroughs in the next competition. Women’s singles players Chen Yufei, He Bingjiao and Wang Yiyi are ranked first, ninth and sixteenth in the Olympic Games, and can be eligible for full entry.
In terms of doubles, mixed pairs “have the strength to win gold and win cards”. Zheng thinking/Huang Yaqiong, Wang Xiaolu/Huang Dongping played the role of “double insurance” for many times. The two pairs of women’s double teams, Chen morning/Jia Yifan and Du Hui/Li Yinhui, have both won the Olympic qualification, “and have certain strength to win the championship”. Man pair combination Li Junhui/Liu Yuchen has little problem in obtaining qualification, but the competitiveness of the two young players is insufficient.
Looking at the world, Xia Xiaoze said: “Compared with the last Olympic cycle, the competition pattern of the world badminton has changed significantly. It can be said that the rise of the crowd, our competitors are more and more.”
Among them, the Japanese team took the women’s double as the breakthrough point, and gradually formed certain group advantages in recent years. In the five individual items, there were players with the strength of winning Olympic medals and even gold medals, the most eye-catching performance is taotian xiandou, a man’s singles, who won 11 championships this year. However, Xia Xiaoze believes that the rising momentum of the Japanese team has slowed down this year. The 29 champions in the whole year are obviously less than the 46 championships in 2018. The Chinese team still beat Japan in the sodiman Cup.
In addition, the strength of traditional strong teams such as Indonesia and South Korea has recovered. The Indonesian team’s traditional advantage Project man pair has a strong momentum, and Jinting and Jonatan also have a place in the men’s singles. The men’s and women’s singles in Taipei, Thailand’s women’s singles and mixed couples, India’s men’s and women’s singles and man pair have gradually formed competitiveness, and the competition in Tokyo Olympic Games will be unprecedentedly fierce.
Xia Xiaoze introduced that from next January to the end of April, the national badminton team had to participate in the Olympic points race of about 15 consecutive stops as planned. “The high density of competition and the high pressure of competition are great tests for athletes and coaches.”
At this conference, Wang Wei, vice chairman and secretary general of China Badminton Association, also made a work report of the Secretariat of China Badminton Association last year around the topic of “reform. The participants deliberated and approved the interim measures for the registration and administration of members of China Badminton Association and the membership fee standard, and elected a new council.
Zhang Jun, chairman of China Badminton Association, said in his concluding speech that this meeting marked a historic change in the composition, connotation and development direction of China Badminton Association. It is hoped that through the reform of the association, efforts will be made to change the mechanism and concept, and to mobilize a wider range of social forces with higher responsibilities, so as to prepare for the Tokyo Olympic Games and the great development of China’s badminton industry, contribute the strength of badminton people.