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Badminton-Japanese shuttlers bid to challenge China's dominance


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CHICAGO (Reuters) - For the first time in the history of Olympic badminton, Japan is heading into the Games in a position to challenge China’s longstanding dominance in the sport which was threatened at the last Games in Rio de Janeiro.
FILE PHOTO: 2019 Badminton World Championships - St. Jakobshalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland - August 25, 2019 Japan s Kento Momota celebrates winning his men s singles final against Denmark s Anders Antonsen. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler/File Photo
Led by men’s world no. 1 Kento Momota, Japan has nearly twice as many top-five players as China across all five tournament categories. In women’s doubles, the two top-ranked teams are Japanese - led by Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota - with China third on the list. ....

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