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Olympic men's singles gold medallist Ji Xinpeng led China's national
badminton team to nex week's South Korean Open in Cheju-do.
The 19-player team left Beijing on Sunday to Cheju-do, Korea's
biggest island to the south of the Korean Byland, for the annual
event which is scheduled from January 10-14.
Ji, who beat Indonesian Hendrawan in the finals at the Sydney Olympic
Games, is seeded second to world number one player Peter Gade of
Denmark.
Olympic mixed doubles champions Zhang Jun and Gao Ling are seeded
third while silver medals winners Huang Nanyan and Yang Wei take
the first seeds seat after Olympic gold medals winners Ge Fei and
Gu Jun retired after the Games.
Denmark's top player Camilla Martin is the top seed in the women's
singles field as China's Gong Zhichao, who beat her in the finals
at Sydney, will not compete in the 250,000-US-dollar event.
(People's Daily 01/08/01)
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