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Chinese women's double win badminton at Olympics
Xinhua
Updated: 2008-08-16 17:45
Du and Yu didn't let down the enthusiastic spectators in the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium, and consistently exhibited their powerful attacks which penetrated the defence of the South Koreans time and time again.
As Lee Hyo-jung smashed the shuttlecock out of the side line, Du Jing and Yu Yang yelled at the victory, and afterwards, kissed the gold medals on the medals podium.
In the bronze medal final, No.3 seeds Wei Yili and Zhang Yawen beat Miyuki Maeda and Satoko Suetsuna from Japan 21-17, 21-10.
"Although it is only a bronze, but in my mind, it is a gold for myself," said Wei Yili, who lost the bronze medal final at Athens Olympics with her then partner Zhao Tingting.
Since the world No.1 Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen has announced their retirement after the defeat, and Wei Yili and Zhang Yawen also expressed their desire of bowing out of the spotlight, Du and Yu found that they are going to shoulder much larger responsibilities after the Olympics, as they will lead the reigning Chinese women's doubles squad.
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Yu Yang (front)/Du Jing of China compete against Lee Kyungwon/Lee Hyojung of South Korea during women's doubles gold medal match of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games badminton event in Beijing, China, Aug. 15, 2008. Yu Yang/Du Jing beat Lee Kyungwon/Lee Hyojung 2-0 and claimed the gold.[Xinhua]
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"We still need to improve ourselves. The gold won't be an end to our career, but a new start," said 24-year-old Du.