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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