Official response to the much-questioned Badminton Association's star selection plan that requires "the height of male players should not be less than 1.85 meters and the height of female players should not be less than 1.75 meters"! It turns out that it is indeed true, but only

officially responds to the questionable Badminton Association’s star selection plan that requires “the height of male players to be no less than 1.85 meters and the height of female players to be no less than 1.75 meters”! It turns out that it is indeed true, but it is only for this training period, and may be adjusted later.

A letter from the Chinese Badminton Association about signing up for the "Star Selection Plan" badminton national youth training camp has become popular among fans because the height limit for male and female athletes is too strict, leaving fans speechless. You know, when selecting young players aged 16-19, men must be over 1.85 meters tall and women must be over 1.75 meters tall, including Lin Dan, Shi Yuqi, Chen Yufei, He Bingjiao and others, all of whom cannot reach this level! Not to mention foreign high-level short people like Lee Chong Wei , Momota Kento, Akane Yamaguchi , and Jin Ting.

After this letter was published, many people questioned, is this true? It feels very funny. Facts have proved that this is true. The Chinese Badminton Association has acknowledged the height requirements for athletes in this letter, but stated that it is for this training period, which means that it may be adjusted later, and other young players who do not meet the standards will also still have a chance.

According to the Badminton Association, this is a feature of this training camp. It is aimed at some major opponents, such as 1m94 Axelsen , such as 1m87 Li Zijia , such as 1m79 sindhu .

Of course, we must also admit that if such a special training camp can help the Chinese team cultivate several Chen Long and Axelsen, that would be quite good. We still need to see whether height will become the main criterion for selecting talents in the national feather in the future. I hope that the national badminton team will not bury its talents. After all, the development of badminton has not proven that tall people have obvious advantages.