It was reported on August 5 that the Paris Olympics entered the tenth day of competition, and the most regrettable may be that in China's traditional strength badminton competition, Chinese women's singles He Bingjiao lost to Korea's An Xiying, and in the men's singles final, Denmark's Axelsen successfully defended her title, and China missed the medal. Excited Axelsen celebrated around the stadium with the national flag held high after the game.
In this badminton single event, the Chinese badminton team is not outstanding, but in the mixed doubles and women's doubles won the gold medal, the men's doubles won the silver medal, and in the heaviest two events, the Chinese team all collapsed and sank, He Bingjiao's silver medal gold content is not high, although she won the civil war, but in the semifinals with Spain Marin, if it were not for Marin's injury, it would be difficult for her to enter the final, and the quick defeat to An Xiying in the final is also expected, the Chinese women's badminton may not know who can participate in such a competition in the next session?
Not to mention the men's singles, in the final saw Denmark's Viktor Axelsen defeat Thailand's Kunlavut 2-0 to win the gold medal. Axelsen successfully defended his title, and his Olympic results even surpassed Lin Dan, who won bronze in Rio de Janeiro and won gold in Tokyo and Paris (fourth in Rio, gold in Beijing, gold in London). At that time, the grouping was actually very favorable, but after watching Anselon play in the final, Kunlavut was full of teeth, how could it not be accepted that Shi Yuqi, who was ranked No. 1 in the world, was beaten by Kunlavut?
Since Lin Dan retired from the Chinese badminton team, Chen Long briefly took away an Olympic gold medal, and the Chinese men's singles has never won a world-class player. Shi Yuqi and defending champion Axelsen are in two and a half divisions in this Olympic Games, which is actually a very good chance to win the championship, but unfortunately lost to Kunlavut of Thailand, which is somewhat incredible, and the key battle is too far from Lin Dan. After Lin Dan retired, the Chinese badminton team lacked a domineering men's singles, and the gap between Shi Yuqi and Li Shifeng was still very large.
Axelsen said after the match: "Lin Dan is the best men's singles player and my idol. Lin Dan's winning the men's singles championship for a second time has given me a lot of encouragement. A foreign player is still like this, and hopes that the latecomers of Chinese badminton can also take Lin Dan as their idol on the court and regain this gold medal.