The badminton competition at the Asian Games wrapped up earlier this week with China claiming gold in three of the seven categories -- women's doubles, mixed doubles, and the men's team event. The PRC's players will be eager to improve on those results two years from now at the Tokyo Olympics, with women's doubles champions Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan striving even harder to claim another title. Damion Jones has more.

Championship point in the women's doubles final was a long time coming for China's Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan, but in the end, their hard work resulted in a 22-20, 22-20 victory against Japan's Olympic gold medalists, Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi, as well as an emotional moment on the badminton court.

JIA YIFAN WOMEN'S DOUBLES GOLD MEDALIST "We knew that we would face great difficulties in the final, and actually we did not think about reaching the final, we just focused on each match. In the last four, we met the opponents we had lost to in the final of the women's team event, but this time I think we played much better. And in the final, we showed our strength, spirit, and persistence to win the gold. If we just talk about the match technically, and tactically, our opponents in the final were actually better than us. They are the Olympic gold medalists after all, but on the other hand, we kept telling ourselves that we could win. The thought helped us through the entire match."

The duo's path to the top of the podium was made rockier by their loss to another Japanese pair, Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota, in the final of last week's women's team event, as the Chinese squad settled for silver. And once the singles competitions got underway, the PRC's men and women were all knocked out before or during the round of eight, heaping more pressure on Chen and Jia.

JIA YIFAN ASIAN GAMES GOLD MEDALIST • WOMEN'S DOUBLES "After the final of the women's team event, when we lost to Fukushima and Hirota, we were showered with doubts and abuse on the internet. So I decided to turn off all social media apps to block out those bad words, and it worked for me, because all of my concentration went into our matches, and we played better than during the team event. I think what we had to do was to believe in ourselves."

CHEN QINGCHEN ASIAN GAMES GOLD MEDALIST • WOMEN'S DOUBLES "When we face difficulties, Yifan and I, along with our coaches will figure out what to do. We face challenges and deal with them. We look over the film of our opponents several times to find their weakness. And we fight together on the court."

Since first partnering up in 2014, these two 21-year-olds have compiled a long checklist of honors, including gold at last summer's BWF World Championships. And they both agree that their differences off the court, make them stronger between the lines.

JIA YIFAN 2017 BWF WOMEN'S DOUBLES WORLD CHAMPION "We are both the same age, as Qingchen is just six days older than me. She is especially quiet, and sometimes she doesn't talk very much, and she's sometimes very lovely. But I am kind of extroverted, and outgoing, and rarely feel affected by things."

CHEN QINGCHEN 2017 BWF WOMEN'S DOUBLES WORLD CHAMPION "She is quite optimistic, and she makes us happy during our training sessions. She is like a bag of pistachios. We compliment each other on and off the court."

Chen and Jia previously held the top spot in the BWF World Rankings, before slipping to third behind Japan's two leading duos, but beating both of those rival pairs in Indonesia, further reinforces their pragmatic approach to the monthly listing.

JIA YIFAN WORLD NO. 3 • WOMEN'S DOUBLES "To us, the world rankings are not important at all. World rankings actually mean that sometimes, when you are in good form, then your ranking might be higher. And sometimes when you are injured, or not in good form, then the ranking will be lower. But everyone in the Top 10 and even Top 20 has their own special skills and those are not reflected through the rankings. We are now ranked third in the world, but we still beat the top two pairs in the semis and the final."

CHEN QINGCHEN WORLD NO. 3 • WOMEN'S DOUBLES "In terms of rankings, I am more realistic. I prefer winning titles at big events, such as the Asian Games, World Championships, and Olympics."

And with their mission accomplished at the 2018 Asian Games, Chen and Jia will now turn to the next major competition on the list, with the world's biggest multi-sport spectacle set to take place in one of the continent's foremost locales just two years from now.

CHEN QINGCHEN ASIAN GAMES GOLD MEDALIST • WOMEN'S DOUBLES "We are eager to participate in the Olympic Games in Tokyo."

JIA YIFAN ASIAN GAMES GOLD MEDALIST • WOMEN'S DOUBLES "But you know that competitive sports are fickle. We cannot foresee the future. We have to see next year whether we can play well enough to qualify for Tokyo, but of course, this is our dream, and we will try our best to fulfill the dream. If we are able to compete in Tokyo, we will still have other challenges, since we know that Japan has been on the rise in badminton, and especially in women's doubles, so it would be very difficult for us. But it will also be great pressure for them, as they are the hosts and will want to fight to achieve good results in front of their home crowd."

CHEN QINGCHEN WOMEN'S DOUBLES GOLD MEDALIST "We have the same thought. We will focus on training and earning more points to qualify for the Olympics. And if we can compete in Tokyo, we will go step by step, and try to achieve a good result."