Slightly hot in May, greetings at the beginning of the week, dear friends, how are the days after May Day? As we are at the critical stage of preventing and controlling the epidemic in the capital, we call on everyone to minimize going out, not to gather and assemble, and to help the battle against the epidemic with practical actions.
If you are looking for relaxation at home, sports are definitely the way to go. Whether it's working out with Frederick Lau or enjoying the action, there's always an option for you! Today, let's take a look back at last week's sports highlights!
Regret! Our badminton team's dream of winning the Tangyu Cup after 26 years is shattered
On May 15, the 2022 Tangyu Cup badminton team tournament came to an end in Bangkok. As a traditional strong team, China's badminton team after 26 years again with two trophies. The women's team lost in the final and lost their title defense; the men's team stopped in the first round of the knockout round and failed to achieve the goal of "striving for the quarterfinals".
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Winning a set in the final against South Korea. Photo credit: @bwfworldfeatherfederation
Looking back at the Tangyu Cup 2021 held in Aarhus, Denmark, seven months ago, our badminton team won one title and one second place. However, this time, the national badminton players appeared to be lacking in sharpness on the field of play. The women's team lost 2-3 in a seven-hour final against South Korea, despite having a full lineup of starters and aiming to defend their title. The men's team, without a famous player, unexpectedly lost to Indonesia in the quarterfinals.
The "Mortal Dust duo" suffered an unexpected loss in the final. Photo: @bwfworldfeatherfederation
After the match, Zhang Jun, chairman of China Badminton Association, said that although the men's team is still in the stage of transition between old and new, but the young players have already experienced a number of competitions and should speed up the growth rate. He also emphasized the men's singles, saying that the team is in urgent need of the emergence of high-level new generation players, and revealed that the men's singles coaching team will adjust the current problems.
Junior Lu Guangzu performed well in the group stage. Photo credit: @bwf world badminton federation
In fact, this is not the first time the national badminton in the competition "tuition", will not be the last. Looking ahead to the 2024 Paris Olympics, the national badminton if you want to create a good record, must put down the historical baggage, re-entering the road of entrepreneurship.
Setting sail! Our women's volleyball team releases its roster for the World League
On the evening of May 11, the World Volleyball Federation released the list of 24 people who will participate in the 2022 World Women's Volleyball League in China, in which in addition to the 20 players who are training in Zhangzhou, there are also four players who have been selected, such as setter Du Qingqing, main attacker Zhong Hui, vice attacker Wang Wenhan and free agent Wang Mengjie. To the delight of Beijing fans, the main attackers from the Beijing Automobile Women's Volleyball Team, Jin Ye and Wang Yunluo, are on the list, wearing the No. 8 and No. 10 jerseys respectively.
Yuan Xinyue became the new captain of China's women's volleyball team. Photo source: Xinhua News Agency
The 2022 World Women's Volleyball League will kick off in early June, and our women's volleyball team will participate in three of the legs of the tournament, with 24 players on the roster eligible to compete, while teams will confirm their 14-player rosters for each leg of the tournament before the start of the tournament.
It is worth mentioning that this time, our women's volleyball team members of the jersey number, there is no No. 2 and No. 9 - the former is the previous captain Zhu Ting's number, the latter is the main attacker Zhang Changning's number, which also indicates that in the mind of the skipper Cai Bin, or for Zhu Ting and Zhang Changning to leave a road back to the national team.
Whether Zhu Ting is absent or not, China's women's volleyball team needs to elect a new captain, which is 26-year-old Yuan Xinyue. Yuan Xinyue has won the Rio Olympics and other major competitions with China's women's volleyball team, and is the absolute mainstay of the "Golden Generation", so she will lead the new China's women's volleyball team to continue to move forward.
Gathering! Our women's soccer team will soon gather in Hainan to prepare for the East Asian Cup
On the evening of May 14, China's women's soccer team released the second phase of the 2022 training list through the official microblog. Wang Frost, who was previously absent from the Women's Super League this season, returned.
It is reported that China's women's football team will be May 19 to June 6 in Haikou City, Hainan Province, Mission Hills World Football Training Base to organize training, preparation for the upcoming East Asia Cup in Japan in July this year, which will also be the team in February this year, after winning the Asian Cup champion once again to go to the world tournament.
China's women's soccer team released its training list.
China's top female soccer player Wang Frost previously missed the first two stages of the Women's Super League this season due to injury. In addition to Wang Frost, Wu Haiyan, the backbone of the defense who previously missed the Asian Cup due to injury, also returned to the team. It is worth mentioning that veteran Wang Shanshan, young Wang Xinling, Pan Hongyan and He Zhaofen, a total of four players were elected to the training list.
At the end of January to early February of this year in the Asian Cup, China's women's soccer team all the way through, and finally won the championship, once again played to make our fans proud of the "Clanging Roses" spirit. Once again training, looking forward to China's women's soccer girls full preparation, in the East Asian Cup again to bring us surprises.
