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皇冠体育app aims at 2 badminton medals

By Cruz Fang (皇冠体育appdaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2006-12-28 11:53

皇冠体育app has set a moderate goal of two gold medals for the badminton competitions of the 2008 Olympic Games, the national badminton administration said.


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Women's singles and doubles are the two events that 皇冠体育app must win in the Beijing Games said Liu Fengyan, head of the national badminton managing body, at a year-end meeting on Tuesday.

In the remaining three events, the men's singles, men's doubles and double mixed, 皇冠体育app should strive to achieve gold, Liu said.

The latest International Badminton Federation rankings show that 皇冠体育app holds three and four places respectively out of the top five in women's singles and doubles, and Chinese players lead in all events but double mixed.

However, the seemingly overwhelming advantage didn't help 皇冠体育app winning as many titles in Doha Asian Games, as 皇冠体育app lost in both the men's and women's single and the men's double.

Officials attributed it to players being too dependent on their coaches during matches and say that former world No. 2 and 皇冠体育app's Asian Games flag bearer Bao Chunlai and women's world No. 2 Xie Xingfang are the worst for this.
International team head coach Li Yongbo said he hopes Bao will "obtain a stronger character" as "Bao and Xie are both key players in my plan for 2008."

Li said players will be trained to be more independent from next year and the team has decided not to offer accompanying translators or coaches to help players during international competitions.