China Rocks the Badminton Asia Championships with Triple Gold 🏸🥇🥇🥇
Chinese shuttlers smashed it at the 2024 Badminton Asia Championships in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, wrapping up with three golds, three silvers, and seven bronze medals. Talk about making a racket!
In a thrilling all-Chinese women's singles final, Wang Zhiyi stunned Olympic champion Chen Yufei to grab the gold. Wang, 23, broke her eight-match losing streak against second-seeded Chen, winning 21-19, 21-7. \"It's not easy. I just got my first win against Chen, which gives me a lot of confidence,\" Wang said with a victorious smile. ✨
Meanwhile, the dynamic duo Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang clinched their first Asian title in men's doubles. They faced off against Malaysia's Goh Sze Fei and Nur Izzuddin in a nail-biting match that ended 21-17, 15-21, 21-10. Way to serve up some excitement!
In mixed doubles, China's third-seeded pair Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping pulled off an epic comeback. After dropping the first set 13-21, they rallied to take the next two sets 21-15, 21-14 against South Korea's world champions Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yu-jung. Talk about a power couple! 💪❤️
Not to forget, He Bingjiao joined Chen Yufei in qualifying for the Paris Olympics despite her semifinal loss to Wang Zhiyi.
On the men's singles front, Indonesia's Jonatan Christie took the gold, defeating China's Li Shifeng. In the women's doubles, South Korea's Baek Ha-na and Lee So-hee snagged the title by overcoming China's Zhang Shuxian and Zheng Yu.
Huge congratulations to all the athletes who gave it their all on the court! 🏆 The Badminton Asia Championships were a smash hit, and we can't wait to see more shuttle action on the road to Paris 2024! 🇫🇷🎯
Reference(s):
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