搜狐体育讯 The Chinese Badminton Team, just back from Jakarta with the much admired and hard-win Thomas and Ube Cups, will begin their two-month enclosed training in Yiyang, a small city in China’s Hunan Province. The training will be the last-minute for the coming Olympics.

　　The team chose Yiyang as the base for its humid and sweltering weather, which is quite similar to that of Athens. The training, according to some well-informed officials, may serve as an excellent warming up for the players.

　　The Yiyang authorities are setting up the training base for the team. The base will be arranged in a way which is almost identical to the competition site of badminton in Athens. The 20-strong team, under the leadership of head coach LI Yongbo will stay here for two month, during which the list of the gunners for the Athens 2004 will be decided.