Chen Yufei won the first Olympic gold medal for the national feather women’s singles in nine years
2021-08-02 10:06:45Source: Xinhuanet
Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, August 1st (Reporter Ji Ye, Ding Wenxian, Lu Rui) At the Tokyo Olympics on the 1st, the women’s singles final of the Tokyo Olympics staged a peak showdown. Chen Yufei of the Chinese team fought hard in three games, winning 21:18, 19:21 and 21:18. Dai Ziying of the Chinese Taipei team won the Olympic gold medal for the national feather women’s singles again after 9 years.
On August 1, Chen Yufei at the award ceremony. On the same day, in the women’s singles final of the Tokyo Olympics badminton, Chinese player Chen Yufei defeated Chinese Taipei player Dai Ziying 2-1 to win the gold medal.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xue Yubin
Both sides played very well in this duel, and the three games were played until the last minute. In the last point, with Dai Ziying’s return error, both sides who had exhausted the last trace of energy collapsed to the ground. Chen Yufei threw a fist excitedly to celebrate, shedding tears of excitement.
Li Lingwei, a member of the International Olympic Committee and a Chinese badminton star, presented the gold medal to Chen Yufei in the award ceremony. The last time the national feather women’s singles won the Olympic gold medal, it can be traced back to Li Xuerui of the 2012 London Olympics. In the 2016 Rio Olympics, the national feather women’s singles were not on the podium. Today, Chen Yufei has become Guoyu’s fourth women’s singles Olympic champion after Gong Zhichao, Zhang Ning and Li Xuerui.
“I am very happy that I can continue the glory of the national feather women’s singles. (This gold medal) is not easy,” Chen Yufei said after the game. “After the Rio Olympics in 2016, the national feathers encountered a lot of difficulties, especially the women’s singles. Now I am This championship can be used to prove the re-emergence of our women’s singles, which is also an affirmation of ourselves and Guoyu’s women’s singles.”
On August 1, Chen Yufei celebrated the victory. On the same day, in the women’s singles final of the Tokyo Olympics badminton, Chinese player Chen Yufei defeated Chinese Taipei player Dai Ziying 2-1 to win the gold medal.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xue Yubin
Although the two played against each other 18 times before, Dai Ziying maintained an absolute advantage with 15 wins and 3 losses. From 2019, Chen Yufei gradually carried the national feather women’s singles banner, won 7 individual championship titles in 2019, and became the world‘s number one at the end of that year. Although she rarely participated in international competitions during the epidemic, Guoyu’s internal training allowed Chen Yufei to continue her state.
In the first game, the two sides drew from 13 to 17. At the critical moment, Chen Yufei won two games at 20:18 by virtue of her stable stalemate ability. With Dai Ziying returning the ball out of bounds, Chen Yufei won the first game with 21:18.
In the second game, Chen Yufei relied on solid defense to lead by 10:6, but Dai Ziying gradually recovered the rhythm in the second half and pulled back a city with 21:19.
In the deciding game, Chen Yufei played steadily and once led by 7 points with 10:3. But the tenacious Dai Ziying “bite back” one point by one, chasing the score to 14:15 only one point away. Although there were no spectators in the arena, the tension on the court still made the air almost stagnant. The Chinese team members and coaches shouted “Go on, Feifei” from the stands! At the critical moment, Chen Yufei was not soft, and sealed the victory with 21:18.
On August 1, Chinese player Chen Yufei (middle) who won the gold medal, Chinese Taipei player Dai Ziying (left) who won the silver medal and Indian player Xin Du who won the bronze medal at the award ceremony.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xue Yubin
In the battle for the bronze medal, India’s Sindu defeated Chinese player He Bingjiao with a total score of 2:0.
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