Taiwanese badminton player Ye Hongwei criticized the Nagoya Asian Games schedule for being too dense

Ye Hongwei (right) and Zhan Youzhen. (provided by the delegation)

[Special Correspondent Nian Miaoyun/Reporting from Nagoya] The Nagoya Asian Games badminton schedule is tight, and many internationally renowned players have expressed condemnation. When Taiwanese mixed doubles player Ye Hongwei talked about the schedule today, he also bluntly said that it is actually very unfriendly to everyone. There is a team competition ahead, and everyone is exhausted. It would be better if they don't get injured.

Ye Hongwei and Zhan Youzhen lost in the top four today and received the bronze medal. Speaking of meeting other top players at such a large-scale sports meeting, Ye Hongwei said: "The difference between sports meets and tournaments is that the tension is higher. Even if the rankings of our opponents in the previous two games are a bit different from us, our strength is not necessarily better than them, but the tension and tension are different, and the consumption will be greater."

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This schedule is unacceptable to many players. World champion Jonatan Christie criticized that this schedule really does not care about the player's condition. Taiwan's top brother Zhou Tiancheng also bluntly said that this arrangement is very unreasonable. "Badminton in previous Asian Games has not had two matches in one day, and the entire schedule did not end until after 1 o'clock in the morning. This is unreasonable."

Ye Hongwei said frankly, "I feel very lucky that I don't have a concurrent event now, otherwise I think I might not be able to handle it if I compete in individual events after the team competition. I don't think we are the only ones in this schedule. The various players and individual events have to compete in the later stages. In fact, it is very unfriendly to everyone. Because after all, it is a sports meeting, and Dundo is in front of the team competition, which consumes a lot of energy for everyone. It is better that no one gets injured."