In order to avoid the epidemic, they will not return to Japan immediately after participating in the full English competition, and will have been training and competing overseas for more than 50 days.
Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, March 8 (Reporter Prince Jiang) the Japanese badminton national team set off from here to Birmingham, England on the 8th to participate in the All-England Open Badminton Championships starting next week. In order to avoid the epidemic, they will not return to Japan immediately after participating in the full English competition, and will have been training and competing overseas for more than 50 days.
In order to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games, the Japanese team decided to participate in points race as much as possible. At the same time, in order to prevent the travel inconvenience caused by the new Crown pneumonia epidemic, they set a detailed schedule for overseas training and competition, it took more than 50 days. After the All England, they will go directly to Kuala Lumpur, where they will prepare for the Malaysian Open.
Women’s Singles general Aoyuan hopes to tell the reporter of the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) at the airport: “training in other countries is definitely difficult. Taking the Malaysian Open as an example, Japan’s training environment is completely different from that there, but we must learn to deal with problems under any circumstances. I must first take advantage of the opportunity of the All-England Open to adjust my status.”
Park Zhufeng, chief coach of Japan national team, said: “The epidemic is changing every day. We must make all preparations and concentrate on training even if we are not in China.”
Man pair player Yutian Qiwu thinks it is a good exercise to stay away from home. He said: “I used to lack such long-term overseas training. Of course, diet may be the most difficult problem to solve. I hope our nutritionists can provide us with some help. The virus has now become a worldwide problem. Under such circumstances, I still hope to achieve good results.”
His partner jiamura Jianshi said, “I have never experienced such long-term overseas training before the Olympic Games, so I feel a little anxious. I ‘d better try not to put too much pressure on myself. Due to the impact of the epidemic, many schools have been closed. I hope to do my best to achieve good results for those children who cannot play.”