Chinese Badminton Team In The 2008 Beijing Olympics
Posted by cebloggerAug 11
China is the current powerhouse in badminton and beating any player or duo is already like winning the title. Below is the team that they sent to Beijing:
Men’s Singles:
1. Lin Dan (no.1)
2. Bao Chunlai (no. 3)
3. Chen Jin (no.4)
Women’s Singles:
1. Xie XingFang (no.1)
2. Lu Lan (no. 2)
3. Zhang Ning (no.5)
Men’s Doubles:
1. Fu Haifeng / Cai Yun (no.2)
2. Guo Zhendong / Xie Zhongbo (no. 6)
Women’s Doubles:
1. Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen (no.1) (recently eliminated in three sets by Maeda Miyuki and Suetsuna Satoko (no.8) of Japan)
2. Du Jing/ Yu Yang (no. 2)
3. Zhang Yawen / Wei Yili (no. 3)
Mixed Doubles:
1. Zheng Bo / Gao Ling (no.2)
2. He Hanbin / Yu Yang (no.5)
The closest threats to the Chinese Badminton Team in the 2008 Beijing Olympics are the following:
Men’s Singles:
1. Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia, no.2)
2. Taufik Hidayat (Indonesia, no.7 and defending Olympic Champion)
Women’s Singles:
1. Tine Rasmussen (Denmark, no. 4)
Men’s Doubles:
1. Markis Kido/ Hendra Setiawan (Indonesia, no.1)
2. Jung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae (Republic of Korea, no. 3)
Mixed Doubles:
1. Nova Widianto/Liliyana Natsir (Indonesia, no.1)
2. Flandy Limpele/Vita Marissa (Indonesia, no. 3)
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