FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1996

YEPING UNBEATABLE - WINS FIFTH CONSECUTIVE TRIPLE CROWN AT MID-
ATLANTIC BADMINTON CLASSIC.

(COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo) -- More than 160 badminton athletes
gathered at Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania from
February 23 - 25 for the Mid-Atlantic Classic, the final USBA
Classic event of the season.  Again, Zhao Yeping (Gaithersburg,
Md.), showed her competitors who's who in U.S. badminton, winning
her fifth consecutive triple crown and finishing the 1995-96 USBA
Classic Series unbeaten.

As usual, Zhao smashed all challengers.  In the women's singles
final she met top rival, Andrea Andersson (Colorado Springs,
Colo.), and breezed through the match 11-5, 11-3.  Andersson and
Zhao then paired up in women's doubles and crushed Charlotte
Ackerman Granby, Conn.) and Liz Wilson (Cos Cob, Conn.) 15-6, 15-
4.  Mixed doubles also proved to be an easy match for Zhao and
partner, Andy Chong (Miami Lakes, Fla.), as they defeated
Andersson and Ronny Oetomo (Marina Del Ray, Calif.) 15-6, 15-8.

In men's singles, Andy Chong (Miami Lakes, Fla.) showed Oetomo
who's the king of men's singles, defeating the youngster 15-3,
15-6.  Men's doubles featured some new faces in the finals as
Oetomo and Erwin Suyanto (South Pasadena, Calif.) struggled
against Keiron Ng (Miami, Fla.) and Rajesh Patel (Miami, Fla.),
but came out on top, winning 11-15, 15-3, 15-8.

Results:

Men's singles:  Chong def.  Oetomo 15-3, 15-6

Women's singles:  Zhao def.  Andersson 11-5, 11-3

Men's doubles:  Oetomo and Suyanto def.  Ng and Patel 11-15, 15-
3, 15-8

Women's doubles:  Zhao and Andersson def.  Ackerman and Wilson
15-6, 15-4

Mixed doubles:  Zhao and Chong def.  Andersson and Oetomo 15-6,
15-8

(FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT PAUL PAWLACZYK, USBA
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, AT 719-578-4808).