An American Girl Learning Badminton in China
Well, my vlogs from the 2019 Yonex-Sunrise Hong Kong Open are done, but now I have a few “theme videos” still to come. This is my first one. While I was watching I really felt excited to be in the…
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The China National team is the creme-de-la-creme of the badminton players in China. But if you have any hope of getting on the team, you gotta start young. Not that they take young children (they wait until after puberty–young kids…
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So this weekend I had the amazing honor of going to the Yonex-Sunrise 2018 Hong Kong Open as a reporter! That means not only did I get to see the best in the world play, but I got to TALK…
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My dad sent me an e-mail with a link to an article. Obviously it was about badminton, and the link said “You’ve never heard of this ridiculously rich female athlete.” In the few seconds between me reading the link and…
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As if you need any more proof that Xiamen is the best city in China (and therefore the best city in the world) for badminton then check out today’s news. Chen Long, reigning Olympic champion and heir apparent for Lin…
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So I went to the Tahoe 2017 China Open in Fuzhou, China yesterday and oh my god you guys, I MET LEE CHONG WEI!!! And we even chatted for a minute and everything. He was super nice, and asked me…
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During the semi-finals of the Indonesian Open I saw something I had never seen before. The American flag! This is big news in the badminton world because America has never produced any outstanding players and right now Zhang Beiwan is…
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My blog is just a small blog. A place to put my thoughts and feelings down about my badminton journey. I thank you for reading it, but if nobody read it, I’d still write it. That’s because I find it…
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With a week and a half to go, the Becky Cup is shaping up nicely! I wanted to give an update. The medals (which had a bit of a snag in the proofing process), came out great. Super great! I…
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China has several national teams and they have a national series. It’s called the China Badminton Super League (CBSL) and my friends Xiao He, Rebecca and I watched the top two teams fight it out. For you Americans, it was…
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