The badminton individual event of the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games ended: the Chinese team won 2 golds, 3 silvers and 3 bronzes
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- The badminton single event of the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games ended on the 29th.
- The Chinese team won the gold medal in the mixed doubles event and ended the Asian Games badminton tournament with 2 gold medals, 3 silver medals and 3 bronze medals.
- The mixed doubles team of Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin won the championship, while the women's doubles team of Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning and the men's doubles team of Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang won the silver medal.
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The badminton competition at the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games ended on September 29. The Chinese team performed stably in this tournament, covering multiple individual medals.
China News Service, Nagoya, Japan, September 29 (Reporter Li Zhiquan) The badminton individual event of the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games concluded on the 29th. The Chinese team won 1 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze medals in the mixed doubles, men's doubles, women's doubles and women's singles events, including the gold medal in the mixed doubles event. In addition to the previous silver medals for the men's team and gold medals for the women's team, the Chinese team won a total of 2 golds, 3 silvers and 3 bronzes in the badminton events of this Asian Games.
The mixed doubles final begins first. Chinese pair Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin defeated Indonesian pair Sianawi/Marwa 21:19, 21:8, helping the Chinese team achieve their fourth consecutive Asian Games mixed doubles title. This is the first time the two pairs have met. Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin also ended their eight-month "championship drought."
In the semi-finals, Sianawi/Marwa defeated another Chinese pair Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping 2:0. In this campaign, Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin defeated their opponents and completed "revenge" for their teammates. Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping picked bronze.
The women's doubles final then begins. The tournament's top seeds, the Chinese pair Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning, lost 1:2 to the Korean pair Lee So Hee/Baek Ha Na. Unfortunately, they won the silver medal and the Chinese team missed the chance to win three consecutive Asian Games women's doubles titles.
In the final, the two sides fought fiercely for 111 minutes. Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning were leading one game but were reversed by their opponents. The scores in the three games were 28:26, 18:21, and 18:21 respectively.
In the women's singles final, the world's number one South Korean player An Se-young defeated Japanese veteran Akane Yamaguchi 2:0 and successfully defended her title. Chinese players Wang Zhiyi and Chen Yufei, who missed the finals, won bronze medals.
In the men's doubles final, the Chinese pair Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang lost 1:2 to the Indonesian pair Carnando/Martin. The Indonesian team won the Asian Games men's doubles championship again after 8 years.
In this campaign, Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang won the first game with difficulty at 21:19. In the second game, the Indonesian team equalized the score at 21:13. In the decisive game, the "Liang Wang" combination competed with their opponents and finally lost at 18:21.
In the finale of the men's singles final, Thailand's Kunlawutt defeated Singapore's Luk Jianyou 2:0 to win the championship. The Chinese men's singles missed the quarterfinals and lost nothing.
