Japan women’s badminton team wins gold at Asian Games

​JAKARTA (The Japan News/ANN) - The Japan women’s badminton team defeated China 3-1 to win the gold medal on Wednesday at the Asian Games in Jakarta.

The Japan women’s badminton team defeated China 3-1 to win the gold medal on Wednesday at the Asian Games in Jakarta.

After Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi lost to Chen Yufei 0-2 in the opening match, doubles pair Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota responded with a 2-0 win over Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan. In the third match Nozomi Okuhara defeated He Bingjiao 2-1, before doubles pair Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi beat Huang Dongping and Zheng Yu 2-0 to clinch the gold medal.

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