The Tokyo Olympics has come to an end. The Chinese Olympic delegation, the U.S. Olympic delegation and the Japanese Olympic delegation ranked first to third respectively. As the host, Japan won 27 gold medals in the Tokyo Olympics, achieving the expected results. It is both motivation and pressure. The athletes in the , judo and events have won a great victory, but there are also slumps in well-known players. The upset elimination of Kento Momota in the badminton men's singles competition has become a big upset.
Momota Kento has always been the most popular player to win the men's singles championship during the Tokyo Olympics. successively won the men's singles championship in the 2018 and 2019 World Championships. Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei both expressed their confidence in Momota Kento's final victory in interviews. unanimously optimistic. However, in the two games of the group stage, Momota Kento lost an upset to Korean player Xu Qianxi . In the group stage, he had 1 win and 1 loss, ranking second in the group. After the game, Momota admitted that he could not mobilize himself better on the court. In the first game, I didn’t think there was anything wrong with my movement or that I was in bad shape. I felt OK, but when the opponent scored the 11th point, I couldn't find my form. When this happened before, I could adjust back, but not today.
ranked first in each group and directly advanced, while Momota Kento was directly eliminated in the group stage, making the men's singles field a competitive scene. It must be said that Momota Kento's upset elimination was really unexpected. After the game, Momota Kento's unexpected exit attracted widespread attention from the outside world. Although the head coach of the Japanese badminton team said that the postponement of the Olympics was the biggest reason for Momota's exit, there were also many voices from the outside world, such as the Japanese media Said: Momota Kento reunited with Japanese women’s doubles star Fukushima Yuki on the eve of the Olympic Games, and the latter is also Momota’s ex-girlfriend.
Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota are strong contenders for the women's doubles championship. As Sayaka Hirota's knee was affected by injuries, she was not able to perform at full strength and lost to Chen Qingchen in the quarter-finals / Jia Yifan , and this game also laid the foundation for the Chinese women's doubles to finally win the championship. Yuki Fukushima and Kento Momota are also known as the golden boys and girls of the Japanese badminton team. The coaching team was worried that their relationship would affect their competitive status and refused to contact them. However, when Momota Kento suffered an injury last year, Yuki Fukushima took the initiative to care about Momota Kento, which laid the foundation for the two's eventual reunion. The relevant media also believed that the reunion of the two had become a major factor affecting the competitive status of both parties.
