China Sends 27 Shuttlers to Badminton Worlds
China will send a 27-member team to the 6th Sudirman Cup and 11th World Badminton Championships to be held in Copenhagen next month, it was announced in Beijing on Monday.
The Sudirman Cup, or the mixed team world championship, will be held from May 10 to 15 and the world individual championships take place from May 16 to 23.
The Chinese team was led by two-time women's world singles champion and England Open winner Ye Zhaoying, defending women's doubles champions Ge Fei/Gu Jun and mixed doubles champions Liu Yong/Ge Fei.
Squad:
Men's singles
Dong Jiong, Sun Jun, Chen Gang, Chen Hong
Women's singles
Ye Zhaoying, Gong Zhichao, Dai Yun, Zhang Ning, Zhou Mi, Gong Ruina
Men's doubles
Zhang Jun/Zhang Wei, Yu Jinhao/Chen Qiqiu, Yang Ming/Yu Yang, Cheng Rui/Wang Wei
Women's doubles
Ge Fei/Gu Jun, Yang Wei/Huang Nanyan, Qin Yiyuan/Gao Ling, Lu Ying/Huang Sui
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