Li Yang and Wang Qilin defeated top-seeded Chinese language opponents on Sunday to defend the lads’s badminton doubles title and win Taiwan its first gold medal on the Paris Olympics. The unseeded Taiwanese pair defeated Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang 21-17, 18-21, 21-19 at La Chapelle Area, turning into the primary males’s doubles pair to defend the Olympic title. However Wang admitted the pair had “a number of doubts” going into the competitors after a string of lackluster outcomes.
“We have not performed effectively prior to now three years,” stated Lee, who introduced his retirement after the sport.
“Earlier than we got here to Paris, we heard some individuals saying they did not need us to signify Taiwan.
“I am completely happy that we received the gold medal in such a good competitors.”
Li and Wang received all of the video games in Paris and defeated Liang and Wang within the closing.
In addition they prevented China from claiming a 3rd badminton gold medal on the Paris Olympics, following success within the combined and girls’s doubles occasions this week.
A tense third sport turned much more tense as Taiwan took the lead within the closing seconds.
They missed the primary match level, however did not miss the second both, falling to the bottom and screaming with pleasure.
“They put a number of strain on us and it was very difficult,” stated Taiwan’s Wang.
“We virtually ran out of power within the third sport, however we had a number of assist and we’re completely happy we ended up profitable.”
After they sealed the win, Lee, who was retiring, knelt down and kissed the court docket.
He stated he would change into a coach and “assist develop the game of badminton”.
“I did not take into consideration retiring after the final Tokyo Olympics, however now I do,” he stated.
“This time it has a special that means and that is why I kiss the pitch and say a correct farewell.”
Malaysia’s Chia Ting Feng and Soh Wai Yi received bronze medals, identical to they did in Tokyo three years in the past.
The badminton match will conclude on Monday with the ladies’s and males’s singles finals.
Within the ladies’s closing, South Korea’s prime seed An Se-young confronted China’s He Bingjiao, and within the males’s closing, Denmark’s defending champion Axelsen confronted Thailand’s Vitti Saan.
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