Original title: 12 years later (quote)
Guoyu once again ranks first in the world in all five individual events (theme)
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Liu Ailin
Yesterday, the Badminton World Federation announced the latest world rankings for each event. Due to the Hangzhou Asian Games championship points of South Korean player An Xiying, who was previously the world’s number one in women’s singles, being removed, her latest points are lower than those of China’s women’s singles number one Chen Yufei, who became the world’s number one in women’s singles. In this way, the world’s top rankings in the five individual events are all controlled by members of the Chinese badminton team. This is the first time this has happened since the 2012 London Olympics.
After the Paris Olympics, Ahn Se Young fell out with the Korean Badminton Association. “Internal strife” and injuries prevented the new Olympic women’s singles champion from participating in any ranking matches for two months, even in the China Open, the highest level and highest prize money tournament. If you quit before, no points will be gained. According to relevant regulations of the Badminton World Federation, the points obtained in the same period last year will be removed. The 5,580 points An Xiying obtained when she won the Hangzhou Asian Games no longer exist, so she can no longer become the highest-ranked women’s singles player in the world. Although Chen Yufei did not participate in any events after the Paris Olympics ended, her points for finishing second in the Asian Games were 1,800 points. Although she was also removed, the point reduction was smaller than that of An Xiying, and she became the new world number one in women’s singles. 1. Their latest World Badminton Federation points are 101,682 points and 100,337 points respectively.
As of now, the BWF’s top scorers in each category are: men’s singles Shi Yuqi, women’s singles Chen Yufei, men’s doubles Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang, women’s doubles Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan, and mixed doubles Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong. The five world rankings in individual events were all won by Chinese players. This situation only appeared 12 years ago. At that time, the Chinese badminton team won all five gold medals in the London Olympics and was at its peak. The last time it ranked first in all five individual events was on September 20, 2012. The first place in each individual event was Lin Dan, Wang Yihan, Cai Yun/Fu. Haifeng, Tian Qing/Zhao Yunlei, Xu Chen/Ma Jin.
Of course, this ranking will not remain unchanged for a long time, but the overall trend of national badminton is good. Currently, in the men’s singles, Shi Yuqi is in very poor form. The second-highest ranked national badminton player is Li Shifeng, ranked 8th. His form has been poor from the beginning of the Olympics to now. Women’s singles Chen Yufei applied for one-year ranking protection, and the time for her comeback has not been determined. Wang Zhiyi has shown an upward trend and is now third in the world in women’s singles. The Men’s Doubles Liang Wang combination and He Jiting/Ren Xiangyu combination ranked first and fifth respectively. Because Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang are still very young, we can be optimistic about this single top position.
Women’s Doubles Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan are facing a split. Judging from the results of a series of previous competitions such as the China Open, the National Badminton Women’s Doubles undoubtedly have a very strong group advantage and there is no need to worry at all. The top three in Mixed Doubles are all Chinese players, namely Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong, Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping, and Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin.
