Olympic Paris Badminton Medallist to Retire after Paris 2024

1. Olympic Paris: Badminton Medallist to Retire after Paris 2024 Tai Tzu-Ying, the Olympic badminton silver medallist, has confirmed that she will retire after the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The 28-year-old player from Chinese Taipei has achieved 460 victories during her career. Including a silver medal in the women's singles at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tai also won the Asian Games championship in Jakarta-Palembang in 2018. And has earned two World Championship medals, a silver in 2021 and a bronze in 2022. Olympic fans from all over the world can book Olympic Packages from our online platforms eticketing.co. Paris 2024 fans can book Olympic Badminton Tickets on our website at exclusively discounted prices. In a recorded interview out by the Badminton World Federation in August previous year. Tai Tzu- Ying revealed that her initial plan was to retire at the end of 2021. However, after completing the season, she felt that she was still good to continue playing. The 28-year-old from Chinese Taipei started playing badminton at the age of five. And began competing internationally at the age of 15. She has announced that she plans to retire after the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. She revealed that she originally planned to retire at the end of 2021, but after completing the season. She felt good enough to continue playing. Tai, who is currently ranked fourth in the world, has been dropping hints about her retirement for the past two years. She started playing badminton at the age of five and became an international competitor at the age of 15. Throughout her profession, she has gained numerous accolades. It includes three All England Open championships and three BWF World Tour Finals titles. Ng Tze Yong ready for Olympic Paris Lee Zii Jia may be the face of Malaysian badminton, but another player to watch out for is Ng Tze Yong, who is currently ranked 26th in the world. Hailing from Johor, Ng has been performing well lately, making it to the quarter-finals in his last three BWF World Tour tournaments this season. He also won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in 2022.

2. As the world grade Olympic Games qualifying window is agreed to open in May, Ng Tze Yong faces a rough challenge to improve his ranking. The top 16 players in the world are guaranteed a place in Paris 2024, with a maximum of two players per team. Athletes ranked 17th and below can only qualify if their team has not already qualified any other player. As Lee Zii Jia is already in the world’s top 10, the only way for Ng to participate in Paris is to climb his way into the top 16. Lee Chong Wei, a three-time Olympic silver medallist from Malaysia, expressed his desire for Ng Tze Yong to qualify for the Paris Olympics. During a media event in March, he emphasized the importance of Tze Yong seizing this opportunity as missing it could mean uncertainty for the next Olympics in 2028. Eticketing.co offers Olympic 2024 Hospitality for Olympic Paris Tickets at the best prices. Olympic fans can buy Olympic Tickets at exclusively discounted prices. Lee Chong Wei cited his own experience of qualifying for the 2016 Rio Olympics from rank 182, indicating that Tze Yong could achieve the same feat. He acknowledged that winning a medal at this stage may be difficult for Tze Yong but emphasized the significance of competing in the Olympics. Badminton Stars to Watch at Paris 2024 The men’s singles badminton event at the Paris 2024 Olympics is expected to be fiercely competitive. Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen, who won gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and his second world title in 2022, is considered a strong contender. His compatriot Anders Antonsen is also expected to be among the favorites. Japan’s double world champion Momota Kento will be seeking redemption after his unexpected exit in the knockout stages at Tokyo 2020, where he was the top seed. Despite the odds, surprises can happen, as Kevin Cordón proved at the last edition of the Games. The Guatemalan player, ranked 59th in the world before Tokyo 2020, reached the semifinals and demonstrated that the rankings can be unpredictable at the world’s biggest sporting event. In addition to Marin and Yamaguchi, there are several other top contenders in the women's singles event. Tai Tzu-Ying, the current Olympic silver medallist, will be looking to end her career on a high note with a gold medal in Paris. Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand, who won the world title in 2013, will also be a strong contender, as will CHEN Yufei who won silver at Tokyo 2020 and the World

3. Championships in 2021. Other players to watch include India's PV Sindhu, who won silver at Rio 2016 and bronze at Tokyo 2020, and Taiwan's CHOU Tien-Chen who won gold at the 2018 Asian Games. China's CHEN Quingchen and JIA Yifan took home gold in the women's doubles event at the 2022 World Championships, following their silver medal finish at Tokyo 2020. They are expected to be among the favorites for the Paris 2024 Olympics, along with South Korea's KIM So-Yeong and KONG Hee-Yong, who earned second place at the World Championships. In the men's doubles event, Malaysia's Aaron Chia and Soh Wook Yik, who won bronze at Tokyo 2020, took home gold at the 2022 World Championships and will be striving to repeat their success at the upcoming Olympics. Defending Olympic champions LEE Yang and WANG Chi-lin from Chinese Taipei will also be vying for the top spot on the podium in France. We offer Olympics Hospitality to admirers who can get Paris 2024 Tickets through our trusted online ticketing marketplace. Eticketing.co is the most reliable source to book Olympics 2024 packages. Sign up for the latest Ticket alert.