The badminton world championships begin in Huelva, Spain, on Dec. Kento Momota, who was on the bridge of three consecutive titles, was missed due to low back pain, but the players who have left a track record, including Yudai Watanabe and Arisa Higashino, who won the bronze medal in mixed doubles at the Tokyo Olympics, are named in the Japan national team. On the other hand, some athletes will face their first world championship. Among them, chiyo Shida and Nanami Matsuyama of the women’s doubles are attracting attention.
They enter the tournament on an up-to-back condition Wins consecutively at the Indonesian Masters, The Indonesian Open and international competitions. Moreover, the opponent who defeated in the final of the Indonesia Open was Greisha Poliy and Ariyani Rahayu (Indonesia) who won the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. It was a victory by making use of the tenacity and speed of the characteristic, and crossing in a dignified manner.
Despite finishing runners-up in the World Tour Finals held until last weekend, it is worth beating Poliy and Lahayu in the semi-finals following an hour-long death.
Matsuyama spoke about the response he got in the semifinals.
“I’m glad we won the match without being able to pull it in the emotional part.”
Shida said that the results of the three tournaments were written:
“Over the last three weeks, we’ve been able to feel how we’ve grown and gain a lot of experience.”
The star of the expectation of the next generation doubles
The two have been looking forward to the Paris Olympics as promising stocks and a pair carrying the next generation.
Shida, now 24, is an elite women’s doubles. Aoyama Tanaka manabu devoted to badminton in high school. Aomori Yamada has a badminton club that has sent out doubles players so much that they are called “doubles kingdoms”. Fukushima and Nagahara are graduates of Aomori Yamada High School, including Mizuki Fujii and Reika Kakiiwa, who won silver medals at the 2012 London Olympics, as well as two pairs that participated in the Tokyo Olympics, Yuki Fukushima, Ayaka Hirota, Kazuna Nagahara and Mayu Matsumoto. In an environment where many players grew up, Shida has won the best doubles tournament in Japan in junior high and high school.
Matsuyama of one grade junior high school of Shida devoted it to the badminton in the junior high school and the high school attached to Kyushu International University. It is a prestigious school that has produced four Olympic representatives, including Reiko Ushioda, who participated in the Beijing and London Olympics.
The pair worked in doubles with teammates at their respective schools, while paired up to compete in international competitions and won bronze at the 2015 World Junior Championships.