China won the badminton mixed doubles gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
China was represented by Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong, who defeated South Korea’s Kim Won-ho and Jeong Na-eun in the final. The result continued China’s exceptional record in Olympic badminton, particularly in mixed doubles.
The mixed doubles event pairs one male and one female player on each side. It is not the same as a mixed team competition: each match is a doubles contest, while the Olympic badminton programme also includes four single-gender events.
Huang Yaqiong’s Paris gold completed a full set of Olympic medals for her after she had won silver at Tokyo 2020. Zheng and Huang had also been among the world’s leading mixed doubles pairs before the Games, making the result a major achievement rather than an unexpected upset.