2 Olympic champions withdraw from the Japanese badminton tournament expanded at the last minute

According to the announcement from the Organizing Committee of the 2025 Badminton Tournament, some top players asked to withdraw at the last minute. Suddenly continuously took place in the women's content, when the two champions Chen Qing Chen (China) andpriyani Rahayu (Indonesia) decided not to attend the tournament.

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Chen Qing Chen was absent again in an international tournament in 2025

At the Tokyo Olympic Games, Apriyani Rahayu and Greysia Polii surpassed Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi Fan in the women's final final. Chen Qing Chen and his teammates take 3 years to make the Olympic gold medal dream come true. After the Olympics, Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi Fan also officially separated.

Since then, Chen Qing Chen has played with a number of different teammates. However, the time between them did not last too long. In Japan expanded, Chen Qing Chen is expected to play next to Bao Li Jing, but they finally did not participate in the competition.

On the side of April Rahayu, this player played with Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti after separating from veteran Greatia Polii. But this year, Rahayu turned to play next to young tennis player Febi Setianingrum. They registered to attend Japan to expand but in the end did not play.

The fact that the two leading female withdrawal has caused the Japanese Organizing Committee to expand to another pairs from the list of reserves. It was the pair of Konishi Haruna and Hiramoto Ririna of Japan. Earlier this year, Hiramoto played next to Ishikawa Kokona when they came to Hanoi to attend Vietnam Challenge 2025. In Japan, Ishikawa switched to playing with Kawazoe Maiko.

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