Chinese Women’s doubles pair eyeing on the Tokyo 2020 title

​china badminton news and updates 2018With the end of the Asian Games 2018 held at Jakarta, the neighbouring country China has left an impressive impact on the badminton fans around the world, as it won three gold medals in the tournament. China bagged gold medals in the Men’s doubles, Women’s Doubles and Mixed doubles. The latest news and updates on China badminton 2018 are all about the upcoming Olympic events that will take place at Tokyo in 2020.China is all set to lure the top medals at the much-awaited international championships. The golden girls of China are sanguine about the upcoming Tokyo 2020. Women’s doubles champions at the 2018 Asian Games, Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan thwarted the Japanese Olympic gold medallists’ Takahashi Ayaka and Matsutomo Misaki in the decider match. As they won the match, Chen was extremely overwhelmed with joy. She kissed the national flag and hugged her partner.With the end of the Asian Games 2018 held at Jakarta, the neighbouring country China has left an impressive impact on the badminton fans around the world, as it won three gold medals in the tournament. China bagged gold medals in the Men’s doubles, Women’s Doubles and Mixed doubles. The latest news and updates on China badminton 2018 are all about the upcoming Olympic events that will take place at Tokyo in 2020.China is all set to lure the top medals at the much-awaited international championships. The golden girls of China are sanguine about the upcoming Tokyo 2020. Women’s doubles champions at the 2018 Asian Games, Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan thwarted the Japanese Olympic gold medallists’ Takahashi Ayaka and Matsutomo Misaki in the decider match. As they won the match, Chen was extremely overwhelmed with joy. She kissed the national flag and hugged her partner.There was a time when the pair of Chen-Jia were at the top BWF ranking. Now they slid to the third position, while the rest of the top two spots are captured by Japanese Pairs. After immense pressure and countless efforts, the duo of Chen-Jia managed to defeat the top two Japanese pair in the semifinals and moved to the finals to win at the Asiad 2018.Jia Yifan said, "For us, world rankings are not important. World rank is actually such that when you are in good form, your ranking might be higher. And if you are injured or off your shape, the ranking would be lower. But top 10 and even top 20 have their special skills that are not neglected through rankings. We are now ranked third in the world but we still beat top two pairs in the semis and finals (in Jakarta)."Chen said she is "more realistic" over the world rankings. "I prefer winning big events titles, such as Asian Games, world championship and Olympic Games," she said.Japan has improved its command over badminton and so at the Tokyo 2020, China has to face a tough competition, in the men's singles and Women’s doubles category.Chen is quite optimistic for the Tokyo 2020. She said, "We are eager to participate in the Olympic Games in Tokyo,"On the other hand, Jia is confident and cautious, as she knows the power of the Japanese badminton players. She said, "But you know that competitive sports is crucial. We cannot foresee the future. We have to see next year if we can earn enough scores to qualify for Tokyo. Of course, this is our dream, and we will try our best to fulfil the dream. If we would compete in Tokyo we still have other challenges as we all know that Japan has an advantage on badminton especially Women’s doubles. It would be very difficult for us. And it would be a great pressure for them as they are the host and have to fight for a good result in front of home crowd."Chen summed up before signing off, "We are in the same thought. We will focus on training and earning more scores to qualify for the Olympics. And we can compete in Tokyo. We would go step by step and try to get a good result."