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Badminton-5 to observe at the tokyo olympics 

2019 badminton world championships - st. Jakobshalle basel, basel, switzerland - august 25, 2019 japan's kento momota celebrates winning his guys's singles very last against denmark's anders antonsen reuters/vincent kessler/record picture

june 23 (reuters) - 5 badminton gamers to observe at the tokyo olympics:

kento momota (japan)

all eyes will be on the men's singles world primary, who has overcome non-public and expert problems at the way to the tokyo olympics, together with contracting covid-19. Months earlier than rio in 2016, momota changed into embroiled in an unlawful playing scandal and banned with the aid of the nippon badminton affiliation. The then-international no. 2 turned into eliminated from the league tables and by the point momota were given again at the court docket in 2017, he turned into ranked 282th and had to claw his way returned with a 39-match unbeaten streak. 사설토토 사이트

Momota's olympic dreams have been again threatened in early 2020 while he was concerned in a deadly vehicle accident which left him with damaged eyesight and different injuries. The pandemic gave him time to recover and he made his comeback on the all-england open in march, elevating japanese hopes that he can task for olympic gold. Tai tzu ying (taiwan)

ladies's singles international no. 1 tai tzu ying has never received an olympic medal - and this can be her final danger due to the fact even though she is only 26 years vintage, tai has hinted that she will be able to retire after the tokyo video games. The 3-times all england open champion has been neck-and-neck for years with global no. 2 chen yufei of china and rio gold medalist carolina marin of spain. Marin has been dominated out of the video games by means of damage, increasing tai's chances of winning a medal with her unpredictable fashion of play. Chen yufei (china)

making her olympic debut, the arena no. 2 in women's singles participant has beaten pinnacle-ranked tai tzu ying two times, however has misplaced to her on numerous events. Chen has no longer performed internationally since the 2020 all england open, however, and there are concerns that nerves may get the better of her over again.

"i have this question mark with regards to chen yufei," stated denmark's morten frost, a former teach and 7-instances international champion in the eighties. "she will be extraordinarily interesting, however i say months of no tournament exercise for her may be a difficult one."

dechapol puavaranukroh and sapsiree taerattanachai (thailand)

the combined doubles gold medal has been tough to hold onto in current years, with a special us of a winning every time due to the fact south korea dethroned china on the 2008 beijing olympics. Dechapol and sapsiree are ranked 2d within the international and have won their last 3 tournaments, all this yr. Anders antonsen (denmark)

antonsen, the world range three in guys's singles, can be competing inside the olympics for the primary time however has overwhelmed world numbers one and  kento momota and viktor axelsen.

"i think he is a strong participant - he is come in thoroughly in the remaining couple tournaments," steve kearney, director of united states of america para-badminton, said. "i wouldn't say a fave however he's a solid player that's going to really get to the quarters and compete within the finals."