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China announces badminton squad for Tokyo Olympics Xinhua | Updated: 2021-07-01 09:03 Share CLOSE China s Chen Long in action during his quarter final men s singles match Denmark s Anders Antonsen at the 2019 Badminton World Championships in St. Jakobshalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Aug 23, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING The Chinese Badminton Association announced its 14-player squad for the Tokyo Olympic Games here on Wednesday. Rio champion Chen Long will defend the men s singles crown in his third Olympics, while Chen Yufei is chasing for her first-ever Olympic gold in the women s singles, the same for Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong in the mixed doubles. According to the BWF rules, any member NOC may enter up to a maximum of two players or two pairs in each of the five events, provided its players are ranked in the top 16 of singles events or in the top eight of doubles events. China has won qualification berths for all except the

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