Liu Yuchen (right)/Ou Xuanyi got tickets to Paris. Picture/ic photo
Beijing News (Reporter Liu Chen) On April 12, the quarter-finals of the 2024 Badminton Asian Championships ended. The Chinese team won 13 out of 14 games. Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi ensured that the national badminton team will participate in the Paris Olympics. Wang Chang, who competes in his hometown of Ningbo, said bluntly after reaching the men's singles semi-finals: "The Chinese team is happy today."
On this match day, the most watched thing is undoubtedly Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi's lock in Olympic qualification, and the national feather team achieved Five individual events were played at full capacity. Although the "Tuou" combination lost 0 to 2 to Malaysia's Chia Ding Feng/Su Weiyi, two hours later, their rivals Li Yang/Wang Qilin of Chinese Taipei were reversed by another Malaysian pair Wu Shifei/Ezuddin. After qualifying for the Olympics with his partner at the buzzer, Liu Yuchen lamented on social media: "Every day of the attack on Paris, I finally rushed to it."
Many people have been counting points for the "Tuou" combination since the All England Open last month. The fans were finally relieved and thanked the Malaysian "Fei Ding" group for their help. After the "Fei Ding" group learned about the situation, they laughed and said that Liu Yuchen and Ou Xuanyi "should treat us to dinner." Chen Qiqiu, the head coach of the national badminton men's doubles team, thanked his opponents for their help, and the fans were "heartbroken" and said they would repay their love with good performance.
On this match day, Guoyu, playing at home, won 13 games: Chen Yufei, He Bingjiao, Han Yue and Wang Zhiyi swept the women's singles semi-finals, the mixed doubles and women's doubles semi-finals each had three pairs of Chinese pairs, Shi Yuqi and Li Shifeng were the men. Single promotion. Although Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang are the only men's doubles team, they are very happy to see their teammates reporting good results every game. "The Chinese team is happy this day." Wang Chang said.
editor Wang Chunqiu
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