Xinhua News Agency, WUHAN, April 27 (Li Jinfeng, le Wenwan) in recent years, Japanese badminton players have made great achievements in the world badminton. Park Zhu, the head coach of Japanese badminton team from South Korea, has done great contributions. Park Zhufeng, who is taking the team to participate in the 2019 badminton Asian Championship, said in an exclusive interview with Xinhua News Agency on the 27th that the number of medals in the Japanese team must exceed that of the Rio Olympic Games in the badminton project of the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Park Zhufeng, who has won the world champion of the Olympic Games and other doubles events for many times, is the behind-the-scenes hero of the Japanese badminton team who has made rapid progress in recent years. Since he took charge of the Japanese badminton team in 2004, the Japanese team has made new breakthroughs in every Olympic Games. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Japanese badminton players won the women’s double 1 gold and 1 Copper, creating the best record Young Pioneer team history.
In the badminton Asian Championship held in Wuhan, Japanese players entered the finals in the men’s singles, women’s singles, women’s doubles and man pair, reflecting the current strong overall strength of the Japanese team. “Although the players have participated in many competitions recently, they are very tired, but now their morale is high.” Park Zhufeng said that no matter in-team training or competition, they all regard teammates as their opponents and want to create better results. “This is very important for the Japanese team”.
Under the guidance of Park Zhufeng, Japanese players with generally low figure fully show the characteristics of delicate technology, good physical strength, and toughness before going out of the net. In men’s singles, women’s singles, women’s doubles and other projects, Japanese players are all powerful contenders for the World Championship. Japanese players taotian xiandou, Fukuda Yuji/Guangtian hand-held fireworks, currently ranking first in the world in men’s singles and women’s double projects respectively.
Taeda xiandou, who won 7 championships in various competitions last year, will be an important hope for Japan to make a breakthrough in the badminton project of the Tokyo Olympic Games. Park Zhufeng said confidently that Tao Tian xiandou is fully prepared at present. His goal is to win the gold medal in the Olympics. “now, except for mixed couples, the world rankings of Japanese players in other projects are also constantly improving, and the Japanese badminton team will definitely make a bigger breakthrough at the Tokyo Olympics next year”.
“At the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese team is still our strongest opponent.” Park Zhufeng said that the main goal of the Japanese team in the near future is to prepare for the sodiman Cup mixed team match. “We have both won the Thomas Cup and Uber Cup champions, but not the sodiman Cup.” He said that this year’s Sudiman Cup will be held in Nanning, Guangxi. This is a good opportunity for the Japanese team to win the championship. “But this is the home court of the Chinese team and it is not easy.”