CHINESE GOLDEN GIRLS ARE NUMBER ONE

August 9, 1996 (D.Shuttlenws) - China's badminton golden girls, Ge Fei
and Gu Jun, cemented their hold on the world's top ranking in women's
doubles with their victory at the the Atlanta Olympic Games.

In the world rankings list issued yesterday by the International
Badminton Federation, the first to be released since the completion of
the Atlanta Olympic Games, the Chinese Olympic gold medalists continue
to be ranked world number one.

Silver medalists Gil Young Ah and Jang Hye Ock of South Korea remain at
number two with bronze medalists Qin Yiyuan and Tang Yongshu of China
holding the number three spot.

Women's Doubles Rankings as of August 6, 1996

 1. Ge Fei/Gu Jun - China                         380.28 points
 2. Gil Young Ah/Jang Hye Ock - South Korea       342.08
 3. Qin Yiyuan/Tang Yongshu - China               268.05
 4. Helene Kirkegaard/Rikke Olsen - Denmark       264.81
 5. Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen/Marlene Thomsen
                              - Denmark           256.70
 6. Eliza/Rosiana Zelin - Indonesia               252.00
 7. Chen Ying/Peng Xingyong - China               231.78
 8. Lili Tampi/Finarsih - Indonesia               225.54
 9. Lotte Olsen/Ann Jorgensen - Denmark           222.92
10. Kim Mee Hyang/Kim Shin Young - South Korea    220.80
11. Julie Bradbury/Joanne G. Wright - England     219.75
12. Tomomi Matsuo/Masako Sakamoto - Japan         193.10
13. Park Soo Hyun/Chung Jae Hee - South Korea     178.21
14. Katrin Schmidt/Kerstin Ubben - Germany        156.05
15. Maria Bengtsson/Margit Borg - Sweden          152.36
16. Elena Rybkhina/Marina Yakusheva - Russia      150.61
17. Nicola Beck/Joanne Davies - England           149.99
18. Eline Coene/Erica van den Heuvel
                              - Netherlands       149.60
19. Diana Koleva/Neli Nedjalkova - Bulgaria       149.52
20. Joanne Muggeridge - England/Kelly Morgan
                              - Wales             144.67
21. Rhona Robertson/Tammy Jenkins - New Zealand   136.55
22. Aiko Miyamura/Akiko Miyamura - Japan          134.68
23. Rhonda Cator/Amanda Hardy - Australia         122.79
24. Nicole van Hooren/Brenda Conijn - Netherlands 117.23
25. Moira Ong/Elma Ong - Canada                   111.36
26. Elinor Middlemiss/Jillian Haldane - Scotland  111.04
27. Vlada Tcherniavskaia/Tatiana Gerassimovitch
                              - Belarus           109.24
28. Indarti Isoliana/Denyana Lomban - Indonesia   107.21
29. Elena Nosdran/Victoria Evtoushenko - Ukraine  106.86
30. Gillian Gowers/Sara Hardaker - England        106.33
31. Majken Vange/Pernille Harder - Denmark        106.03
32. Silvia Albrecht/Santi Wibowo - Switzerland    105.16
33. Denyse Julien/Si-an Deng - Canada             103.99
34. Wang Li/Qiang Hong - China                     97.80
35. Chen Li-Chin/Tsai Huey-Min - Chinese Taipei    96.40
36. Nadezhda Chervjakova/Ella Karachkova - Russia  94.56
37. Linda French/Erika von Heiland - USA           91.17
38. Amparo Lim/Kennie Asuncion - Philippines       88.38
39. Gitte jansson/Mette Schjoldager - Denmark      86.14
40. Robbyn Hermitage/Milaine Cloutier - Canada     85.22
41. Hisako Mizui/Yasuko Mizui - Japan              82.53
42. Pornsawan Plungwech/Plernta Boonyarit
                              - Thailand           81.83
43. Andrea Dako/Adrienn Kocsis - Hungary           79.57
44. Tanja Berg/Mette Pedersen - Denmark            79.20
45. Christelle Mol/Tatiana Vattier - France        78.98
46. Nicole Grether/Sandra Beissel - Germany        70.16
47. Monica Memoli/Maria Luise Mur - Italy          69.80
48. Elsa Nielsen/Vigdis Asgeirsdottir - Iceland    66.24
49. Emma Chaffin/Sara Hardaker - England           63.96
50. Chan Ya-Ling/Jeng Shwu-Zen - Chinese Taipei    63.19

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