In the Paris Olympic badminton women's singles semifinals that ended on August 4, Beijing time, the Rio Olympic champion and Spain's Marin led 1-0 in the game and led by a large score in the second game, but she was forced to withdraw with a knee injury, so that her opponent, Chinese player He Bingjiao, also advanced to the final.
Seeing the scene of Ma Lin's serious injury, Li Xuerui, the former Chinese badminton women's singles star who commented on the game, couldn't help but shed tears, and the commentary became choked. Li Xuerui's tears are not only regretful for the sad end of the last Olympic Games for the veteran Marin, but also may also think of herself 8 years ago.
Badminton women's singles semifinals at the Rio 2016 Olympics. Li Xuerui, who was the defending champion at the time, made it all the way to the semi-finals, and she faced the fierce Marin.
At that time, in the second game of the game, Li Xuerui injured her left knee, but she still insisted on finishing the game with an injury and lost 0-2 to Marin. What is infuriating is that Marin, who won the game after the game, said in the post-game interview that this was Li Xuerui's tactic: "When my opponent gets injured, I want to ruin the momentum of my game, and I've used this routine many times before.Obviously, Marin thinks that Li Xuerui is cheating.
However, in the subsequent examination, Li Xuerui was diagnosed with a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament, and she even withdrew directly from the subsequent bronze medal match, and the last Olympic Games ended unfortunately. After being seriously injured, it took Li Xuerui a long time to recover, but she never returned to her former peak. That was also the turning point of the Chinese badminton women's singles, which once turned from prosperity to decline.
Now, eight years later, I saw that my former opponent had also come to an end at the Olympics with serious injuries. How could Li Xuerui not be full of emotion in her heart?