Emergencies! The 31-year-old Marin sprained his knee and was unable to continue the game, and He Bingjiao advanced to the women's singles final

In the semifinals of the badminton women's singles at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, China's He Bingjiao faced Spain's Marin. He Bingjiao is currently ranked 9th in the world and Marin is ranked 4th. He Bingjiao defeated teammate Chen Yufei 2-0 in the semifinals, while Marin eliminated Japan's Aya Ohori 2-0. In the previous head-to-head records between the two, He Bingjiao won less and lost more at a disadvantage. As the badminton singles champion of the Rio Olympics in 16 years, Marin still has strong strength and experience after 8 years. She's fast, nimble, and has a great deal of control over where she lands. And He Bingjiao is participating in the Olympics for the second time, reaching the top 4 in the last Olympics, and finally lost in the bronze medal match.

In the first game, the two fought in front of the net, He Bingjiao made a short mistake, and then pressed down vigorously after a split, and both sides hoped to play the offensive rhythm they were good at; The battle ended in a 3-3 draw, and Marin frequently scored by pressing down in the backcourt to open up the difference; At the critical moment, He Bingjiao also adjusted in time and played more actively. first vigorously pulled the bottom line to get back 1 point, and then actively pressed down in front of the net to equalize the score; But after 2 consecutive net picking errors, Marin took the lead again; In the subsequent multi-shot control, He Bingjiao made more mistakes, and Marin entered an inter-game timeout with a score of 11-7;

Judging from the first half of the game, Marin took the initiative to attack and score little, mainly using constant mobilization to force He Bingjiao to make mistakes; After the pause, He Bingjiao continued to make mistakes in the net, and the score difference continued to widen; A series of active errors allowed Marin to quickly stretch the difference to 16-7; At the critical moment, He Bingjiao adjusted in time, constantly mobilized Marin back and forth in the two big corners, and scored 5 points in a row to narrow the difference! This idea is right, Marin can run, then let her run. After all, at the age of 31, there is a time when the physical fitness of running can decline. Chasing 16-12, He Bingjiao made consecutive mistakes again, and the score difference opened up again, and it was risky to pursue the landing point too much. In the end, Marin took the lead 21-14 and led 1-0;

In the second game, Marin scored 3 points in a row, and the game was still in the rhythm that Marin was good at, and He Bingjiao was led by the opponent. You can slow down the tempo a bit and continue to move your opponent like you did in the previous game. Since then, He Bingjiao's active mistakes have continued, and the score difference has been quickly stretched to 9-3! The battle was 10-5, and Marin seemed to twist his knee after receiving the ball and fell to the ground in pain. After getting up, I took out the knee pads from my bag and put them on, probably to continue to insist.

After putting on the knee pads, Marin wanted to give it a try, and the audience encouraged her, and the veteran's never-give-up spirit earned her respect. But it can be clearly seen that Marin's knees are not very daring to exert force, and after losing 2 points in a row, he walked out of the court, lying on the ground and crying, he should not be able to hold on, and finally gave up the game, and He Bingjiao advanced to the finals.