January 9, some Korean media stated that Korean badminton will achieve a "recovery" in Tokyo in 2020, which is expected to make up for the regret of no gold medals in the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. Among them, the women's team has a strong strength worth looking forward to.
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Lee Yong Dae/Lee Hyo Jung won the mixed doubles championship, which also made Lee Yong Dae a popular star in South Korea. However, since then, South Korean badminton has failed to achieve its gold medal dream in the next two Olympic Games. In the 2012 London Olympics, Lee Yong-dae/ Jung Jae-sung won the men's doubles bronze medal. In the 2016 Rio Olympics, Jung Kyung-eun/Shin Seung-chan won the women's doubles bronze medal, barely saving face.
However, the Korean team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be expected to make up for this regret, because the re-emergence of women's doubles makes the dream of Olympic gold medals no longer far away.
Women's doubles is currently the most anticipated event in the Korean national team, because there are currently four very high-ranking combinations, Kim So Young/Gong Hee Yong, Lee So Hee, /Shin Seung Chan, Zhang Ye Na, /Kim Hye Rin, and Jung Kyung Eun/Baek Ha. Na, they have effectively increased the strength of South Korea's women's doubles project.
According to the regulations of the Badminton World Federation, each country or region can only have a maximum of two groups of players participating in the doubles event, and their ranking must be among the top 8 in the Olympic standings. Currently, Lee So-hee/Shin Seung-chan and Kim So-young/Gong Hee-yong are ranked 4th and 5th, and are temporarily qualified to participate. However, Jang Ye-na/Kim Hye-rim, Jung Kyung-eun/Baek Ha-na are also closely behind, ranking 9th and 10th respectively, and there is internal competition. Very intense.
28-year-old Jin Soyoung said: "This is my first time to challenge for the Olympics, so I am very excited, and I often ask Seungchan and Sohee. Even if we meet our teammates in the final, I think since the Korean team won the championship, it will not matter. Yes, if other teammates beat the Chinese team and the Japanese team I am also very satisfied with the strong team.”
In addition, 17-year-old An Xiying is also growing at an alarming rate. She won 5 tour championships including the French Open last year, and also won the 2019 Most Promising Award. , the world ranking also jumped to No. 9, surpassing Sung Ji Hyun to become the new No. 1 sister. She has a very good chance of participating in the Tokyo Olympics.
Her coach also said: "She (An Xiying) has strong physical strength, strong learning ability, and is very fast. The original goal was to obtain the right to participate in the Olympics, but she has grown quickly and can become an Olympic medalist."
Former South Korean badminton star Olympic women's doubles gold medalist Zheng Suying said that now An Xiying feels a lot of burden, but when you enter the court, you will see a completely different face, just like a child who knows how to enjoy the attention, at that age she can So well done. An Xiying, who has attracted much attention, said: "I have always wanted to participate in the Olympics, but I didn't expect the opportunity to come so soon."
Korean media finally pointed out that so far, South Korea has won 19 badminton medals (6 gold, 7 silver and 6 bronze) in the Olympic Games. Medals, the last of which was gold, were won by Lee Yong Dae and Lee Hyo Jung at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the women's doubles event, the last gold medal dates back to 1992. In the women's singles event, there has been no gold medal since the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. However, South Korean women's badminton is expected to win it again at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. gold medal.
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