South Korea’s badminton team has ended Chinese rule. In the Sudirman Cup the Chinese were defeated after 5 final victories in a row.
In the unofficial world championship for mixed teams, China had to hand over the title to South Korea in Gold Coast, Australia.
China was ahead
China led 2-1 after a convincing win by Olympic and world champion Chen Long over Jeon Hyeok-jin (21-10 21-10), but South Korea fought back in the women’s doubles. Chang Ye-na and Lee So-hee leveled the score with a nice victory over Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan (21-19 21-13).
Mixed doubles to Korea
Choi Sol-Gyu and Chae Yoo-Jung then performed impressively in the final mixed doubles with a victory over Lu Kai and Huang Yaqiong (21-17 21-13).
2024-01-22 19:53:24
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