Racket Ready: Fuzhou Hosts the Nation’s Most Elite Badminton Showdown

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The country’s highest-level badminton event, the “Little Muddleheaded Fairy Cup” 2024 National Badminton Team Championship, was held at the Fuzhou Strait Olympic Sports Center on the 28th. This event is the most important and highest-level national planned event after the Paris Olympics and before the 15th National Games. This week-long event has 23 teams and more than 450 athletes from across the country participating. (Chen Dan/Text)

▲Photo by Zhang Xuyang/Doubles match scene

▲Fujian second team players in the men’s doubles competition/photographed by Zhang Xuyang

▲Xiamen team players in the women’s doubles competition/photographed by Zhang Xuyang

The results of this team competition are linked to the seed seats in the badminton qualifying competition of next year’s National Games. Therefore, all the main players of the national team have returned to the local teams to fight for the seed seats. The players include Olympic champions, Olympic contestants, world champions and other main players. member.

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The “Liang King” combination Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang, who won the men’s doubles championship at the Denmark Open a while ago, will temporarily split up. Liang Weikeng represents the Guangdong team and Wang Chang represents the Zhejiang team, which has become a highlight of this competition.

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As one of the birthplaces of badminton, Fujian is not only the “cradle” for cultivating badminton champions, but also a region with a broad mass base. Huang Haihai, deputy director of the Fujian Provincial Sports Bureau, said that holding this competition in Fujian is not only an affirmation and encouragement for Fujian badminton, but also an important measure to enhance sports exchanges between provinces. It is also an important platform to showcase the charm of Fujian and enhance Fujian’s popularity and influence. .