Original title: China Badminton Association Announces China Badminton Association's List of Competitors for the Paris Olympic Games (Quote)

Guangzhou Liang Weikeng Shoulders the Important Task of Men's Doubles Rushing for Gold (Theme)

Guangzhou Daily All media reporter Yang Min

On May 22, the China Badminton Association released the Notice of the China Badminton Association on Publicizing the List of Badminton Players for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games on its official website, which publicized the list of Chinese badminton teams for the Paris Olympic Games. The publicity period is from May 22 to 28. Among the 16 players in the competition, in addition to Chen Morning, the main player in the women's doubles from Guangdong, there is Liang Weikeng, the main player in the men's doubles from Guangzhou. This is the first time Liang Weikeng, born in 2000, has participated in the Olympic Games. He and his partner Wang Chang are currently ranked first in the world in men's doubles, and will shoulder the responsibility of winning gold medals for the Chinese team in men's doubles at the Paris Olympic Games.

The badminton competition of the Paris Olympic Games will be held in La Chapelle Gate Stadium from July 27 to August 5. A total of five gold medals have been awarded in men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles. China is the only team that has won two full seats in each of the five events. According to the notice issued by the China Badminton Association, the entry list of Chinese badminton teams includes Shi Yuqi and Li Shifeng in men's singles, Chen Yufei and He Bingjiao in women's singles, Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang, Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi in men's doubles, Chen Morning/Jia Yifan, Tan Ning/Liu Shengshu in women's doubles and Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong, Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping in mixed doubles.

Among the 16 contestants, there are two Guangdong athletes. Chen Morning is the second time to participate in the Olympic Games. At the Tokyo Olympic Games, she and her partner Jia Yifan won the silver medal in women's doubles. Liang Weikeng is the first time to participate in the Olympic Games. He and Wang Chang are the "post-00s" and the number one men's doubles player in the Chinese team. Chen Yufei and Huang Dongping participated as defending champions of the Tokyo Olympic Games; Shi Yuqi, He Bingjiao, Zheng Siwei, Huang Yaqiong, Liu Yuchen, Chen Morning and Jia Yifan have all participated in the Tokyo Olympic Games; Li Shifeng, Liang Weikeng, Wang Chang, Liu Shengshu, Tan Ning, Feng Yanzhe, the "00 Generation", are the first to participate in the competition. Also included in the Guoyu Olympic team for the first time is the 30-year-old male doubles player Ou Xuanyi.

At the Tokyo Olympic Games, China won two gold medals in women's singles and mixed doubles, and silver in men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles. At that time, Guoyu achieved full participation in the other four events, but only Li Junhui/Liu Yuchen fought alone in men's doubles. In the Paris Olympic cycle, the Chinese team quickly completed the transition from old to new in the men's doubles event, and two pairs of combinations were qualified for the Olympic Games. Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang's partner soared from more than 400 places in the world to the first place in the world in less than a year. They are the absolute main force of the Chinese team to win the Sudirman Cup mixed team championship and the Thomas Cup men's team championship. Last year, they entered the top four of the World Championships for the first time and won the bronze medal.

In the Olympic year, Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang won the men's doubles championship of the Malaysia Open and Ningbo Asian Championships successively. If the Singapore Open in late May and the Indonesia Open in early June are stable, they will have a good chance to participate in the Paris Olympic Games as the male double headed seed.