(From The Paper) The 2021 Badminton World Championships will be held in Huelva, Spain from today to December 19. Less than two days after leaving the game, another famous player was absent.
In the tide of retreat, the Chinese badminton team arrived in Huelva in the early morning of December 10th, Beijing time, after a 43-hour flight and car journey, officially starting the 2021 Badminton World Championships.
Xia Xuanze, vice chairman of the Chinese Badminton Association and head coach of National Badminton Singles, who led the team, said that Guoyu has encountered many difficulties in the World Championships and the challenges are not small. The whole team will face the difficulties and strive for the best results. Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong will appear in this world championships.
Guo Yu arrived at the match in 43 hours
The Huelva World Championship is the fourth world competition in the second half of this year. Affected by the epidemic, the Olympic Games, Sudirman Cup, Tangyou Cup, and World Championships were held together in unprecedented numbers.
The Chinese badminton team sent 28 people to participate. However, Chen Yufei, who won the women’s singles gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, and Wang Yilu/Huang Dongping, who won the mixed doubles gold medal, were absent. The two men’s singles main players, Chen Long and Shi Yuqi, also failed to participate for different reasons. , The top men’s doubles combination Li Junhui/Liu Yuchen missed the World Championships because of Li Junhui’s retirement.
The national feather team is dominated by young players, and the heavy responsibility for gold falls on the Tokyo Olympics women’s doubles runner-up Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan and mixed doubles runner-up Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong.
Two athletes from Guangdong were selected for the national badminton list. In addition to Chen Qingchen, there is also Guangzhou doubles rookie Feng Xueying. This is the second time that the 23-year-old has participated in the World Championships. Two years ago, she participated in the women’s doubles event, and this year she partnered with Ou Xuanyi in mixed doubles. According to the results of the draw, Ou Xuanyi/Feng Xueying entered the upper half and will compete with the top seeds Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong for the same top 8 seat.
This is the third time that Guoyu has gone abroad to compete after the Tokyo Olympics in July and the two team world competitions in October.
In the early morning of December 8, Beijing time, Guoyu flew from Chengdu to Shanghai, and took the flight that night via Seoul, South Korea, to Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and then transferred from there to Madrid, Spain. Guoyu arrived in Madrid on the evening of December 9th, Beijing time. Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan will compete for the women’s doubles gold medal.
Huelva, located in the southwestern coastal area of Spain, is more than 500 kilometers away from Madrid. After more than 8 hours’ drive, the national feathers finally arrived at the official hotel of the World Championships in Huelva at 3 o’clock in the morning on the 10th.
Guoyu Women’s Doubles main player Jia Yifan recorded a video after arriving at the hotel. She humorously sighed about the distance of the journey: “I have been abroad so many times, I feel that my pattern and knowledge are still small, the world is too big, it’s worth your visit. Look.”
After arriving at the hotel, Jia Yifan could not lie down and rest immediately, because the whole team still needs to check in and check the nucleic acid, so she summed up the trip with “very tired”.
Sudden retreat before the start of the game
Xia Xuanze, who led the team, revealed that Guoyu completed a 21-day quarantine after participating in the Sudirman Cup and Tangyou Cup in October. The time from the end of the quarantine to the resumption of training was relatively short. Therefore, the team encountered problems in the World Championships. Difficulties and challenges will not be less.
However, these will not shake the determination of the team to win. Everyone will face the difficulties and strive for the best results. At the same time, with the opening of the Paris Olympic cycle, the national badminton coaching staff will train a group of young players through the World Championships and give them more opportunities to show their strength. Many celebrities, including the Tokyo Olympics women’s singles champion Chen Yufei, were absent from the World Championships.
While Guoyu traveled all the way to Spain to compete, the Indonesian team, a veteran Asian team, was absent collectively. The Indonesian team has a championship level in men’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles. The team retired on the grounds of fear of the European epidemic.
The defending World Championship men’s singles champion, Japan’s Kento Momota was originally listed as the second seed of the men’s singles. He announced his retirement due to injury before the game. Marin, the three-time World Championship women’s singles champion who is home in Huelva, also confirmed her absence in these two days. She was injured in an accident before the Tokyo Olympics and then missed the Olympics, Sudirman Cup and Tangyu Cup. She originally planned to return to the World Championships at home, but finally decided to give up.
Regarding the sudden retreat before the start of the game, the BWF expressed its disappointment and regret, but also promised to work with Spain to ensure the health and safety of the participating teams.Return to Sohu to see more
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