2024-02-13 01:04 United Daily News reporter Liu Zhaoyu/Comprehensive Report Tai Tzu Ying is ranked third in the Olympic badminton standings and should have no problem entering the Paris Olympics.File photo of this newspaper
The 33rd Summer Olympics will be held in Paris, France at the end of July this year. Before the Lunar New Year, Chinese athletes have won 19 participating places in seven sports categories. The Chinese delegation at the last Tokyo Olympics totaled 18 Sixty-eight athletes were sent to participate in each sports category, and finally won two golds, four silvers and six bronzes, a total of twelve medals, the best result in history. However, this year’s Paris Olympics was affected by the selection of categories and the modification of the competition regulations for some categories of events. China’s participation The number of people is expected to be difficult to surpass the previous session.
Among the athletes who have already obtained Olympic tickets, the only ones with a medal record in the last Olympics were Luo Jialing, the “sweetheart of Taekwondo”, and Tang Zhijun, the “soup dumpling” who won silver in the men’s archery team. However, they both won two medals in the last Olympics. In badminton and weightlifting, Chinese players including “Badminton Sister” Tai Tzu Ying and “Weightlifting Goddess” Guo Meuchun are expected to qualify for the competition in April through Olympic rankings.
In the badminton part, Tai Tzu Ying, who won the women’s singles silver medal last time, is currently ranked third in the women’s singles in the Olympic standings. There will not be much suspense about competing on the Olympic stage for the fourth time. In addition, Tai Tzuying won the gold medal last time. “Golden men’s doubles” Lin Yang paired with Wang Qilin/Li Yang, mixed doubles Ye Hongwei/Li Jiaxin and men’s singles brother Zhou Tiancheng are also currently on the safe list. In addition, “left-handed heavy gun” Lin Junyi is ranked 17th and still has a chance to grab the top spot. Sixteen people strive for their first Olympic trip.
As for the weightlifting part, there were seven participants from our country in the last Olympic Games. However, due to the merger of the original seven weight classes for men and women to five weight classes for this Olympics, the total number of participants will be greatly reduced by more than 70 people. However, Currently, only Guo Meuchun, who won the gold medal last year, and Chen Minhui, who won the bronze medal, are ranked in the top ten. As for the male players, Chen Bairen, who is ranked 13th, has the best chance to compete for qualifications.
China’s other world-class player Xie Shuwei, after winning double gold medals in women’s doubles and mixed doubles at the Australian Open, the current women’s doubles world ranking will remain stable in the top ten. With Zhan Haoqing and Zhan Yongran also ranked in the top thirty, Paris China is expected to have two more women’s doubles pairs competing in the Olympics.
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