On August 1, the women’s singles final of the Tokyo Olympics badminton staged a peak showdown. Chen Yufei of the Chinese team fought hard in three rounds and narrowly defeated Dai Ziying of the Chinese Taipei team at 21:18, 19:21 and 21:18. After 9 years, he became the country. Feather women’s singles again won the Olympic gold medal.
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 and one point, chasing the score to 14:15 only one point away. Although there were no spectators in the stadium, 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 did not have any mercy, and sealed the victory with 21:18. At the last point, with Dai Ziying’s return of the ball, 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.
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.
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.
Source: JUYI Seating Company