Leverdez is in Group M with Zii Jia, 23, and Ukrainian Pochtaro, 27. The high altitude training is more commonly used in endurance sports such as running, cycling and swimming, but not so much in badminton. But Leverdez believes he has benefited from this approach, albeit adopting it off court by ‘living high, training normal’. “Actually, only my bedroom is in high altitude, but it is simulating a high altitude. It’s also worth noting that Zii Jia was beaten the last time the duo met in the quarter-finals of the 2019 Thailand Masters.

Source: The Star July 20, 2021 23:00 UTC