Dominate the badminton world

Chapter 376 Participating in the Olympics for the first time

After two months.

Two months passed like a horse crossing a gap.

第31届夏季奥林匹克运动会在巴西里约举办，比赛周期是2016年的8月5日至21日，主会场是马拉卡纳体育场。

The Rio Olympics badminton competition will be held from August 8th to 11th at Hall 20 of the Rio Convention and Exhibition Center in de Janeiro.

A total of 172 athletes participated in this Olympic badminton competition, 86 men and [-] men each.

The first round of the competition is carried out in a group round-robin manner. There are 16 groups for singles, with a maximum of 4 people in each group, and the first group will qualify.

At the beginning of August, Wang Yu returned to Beijing with his teammates, and gathered at the General Administration of Sports with all his teammates participating in the Rio Olympics to participate in the mobilization meeting held by the State General Administration of Sports.

Wang Yu, Chen Long and Lin Dan were in front of the badminton team, quietly listening to the speeches of the leaders on the stage.

"Brother Yu, it feels like a dream to me to be able to participate in the Olympics so soon." Cheng Yanchen whispered excitedly beside Wang Yu.

"Hush..." Wang Yu glanced at Cheng Yanchen, and said in a low voice, "Don't talk."

Cheng Yanchen glanced ahead, then nodded, but the excitement on his face was still unbearable.

After the mobilization meeting was over, Wang Yu and the others boarded the bus along with all the athletes of the national team, set off for the airport, headed for Rio, and made history!
Local time, at 8 pm on August 5th, athletes from all countries came to the Maracanã Stadium to participate in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

Around 6 o'clock, basically all the athletes and spectators were in their seats, and the audience was full of people.

Looking down from above, the entire stadium is brightly lit, and the criss-crossing roads are illuminated by bright orange lights, like brilliant rivers of stars flowing in the deep space.

And the Maracanã Stadium looks like a blue full moon, surrounded by a galaxy of stars, forming a beautiful scene of stars holding the moon.

It was the first time for Wang Yu to participate in the Olympic Games, and it was also the first time to visit the Olympic site in person. Everyone was full of enthusiasm.

At 7:[-] p.m., the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games officially began, and a performance containing Brazilian culture began to be shown to the world.

"It's really spectacular!" Cheng Yanchen and Long Haotian were deeply shocked.

Wang Yu looked calm in the area where the Chinese team was located. Although he had not been to the Olympic site in person, the Brazil Olympic Games, the Beijing Olympic Games and the London Olympic Games were much inferior.

It's not amazing, nor is it as exciting as the Tokyo Olympics in Wang Yu's memory!

On the 11th, the group stage of the badminton tournament officially began. On the 12th, it was the round of 16. Among them, Wang Yu, Chen Long and Li Zongwei had byes.

Lin Dan was ranked in the lower half, and his opponent was Sugiarto.

After 5 games, apart from Wang Yu, Chen Long and Li Zongwei who directly advanced, the other 5 players were Zhou Tiancheng and Srikanth in the first half, Lin Dan, Axelsen and Sun Wanhu in the second half.

So far, the top 8 players who have advanced to the Rio Olympics badminton men's singles event have all been decided. Among them, Chen Long's opponent is Zhou Tiancheng.

Lee Chong Wei's opponent is Srikanth, and Lin Dan's opponent is Sun Wanhu.

As for Wang Yu's opponent, it is Danish genius Axelsen.

On August 8th, it was the quarter-finals of badminton men's singles. Chen Long easily defeated Zhou Tiancheng and advanced to the semi-finals.

Li Zongwei also defeated Srikanth without any pressure. Lin Dan and Sun Wanhu played for a long time and won the final. In the end, Lin Dan narrowly defeated Sun Wanhu and advanced to the semi-finals.

Wang Yu and Axelsen have fought many times. In Wang Yu's memory, Axelsen will win the bronze medal in this Olympic Games.

"Perhaps, at the Tokyo Olympics, you will have the chance to get the bronze medal." Wang Yu did not expect to meet Axelsen in the quarterfinals.

Axelsen is indeed in a period of rising strength, and his strength has improved rapidly in the past two years, but he is not yet at the level of becoming Wang Yu's rival.

Wang Yu and Axelsen walked into the arena paved with orange carpets, faced the shouts of the audience, and strode towards the arena.

The lighting of the badminton competition in the Rio Olympics was relatively bright, and Wang Yu was not used to it, but Axelsen had participated in several competitions and had a certain advantage.

boom!
Axelsen threw himself desperately to the left, blocking Wang Yu's smash, causing the badminton to just skim the net, and then rolled the net and fell to the ground on Wang Yu's right front court.

"The end of the first game, Victor Axelsen wins, 21 to 18."

Because of the lighting, Wang Yu was a little uncomfortable and lost the first game, which also gave Axelsen a lot of confidence.

After the exchange of venues, Wang Yu has also been adapting to the lighting of the venue and making self-adjustments.

"The second game starts, 0 to 0."

After Wang Yu was ready to receive the serve, Axelsen suddenly stole a shot from Wang Yu.

Seeing Ansailong stealing the ball, Wang Yu kicked the ground with his left foot, and at the same time exerted force with his right foot, pushing his body back into the air with all his strength to intercept the badminton.

boom!
Wang Yu jumped extremely high, grabbed the shuttlecock at the fastest speed, and then violently slammed into the field to the left of Axelsen.

Axelsen had already turned to a defensive posture. Seeing Wang Yu's smash, he also expected it, and immediately stretched out his racket to the left to catch Wang Yu's smash.

In the end, it missed, and the badminton was nailed to the rubber as if it had penetrated Axelsen's racket.

"Change serve, 1 to 0."

……

After Wang Yu got used to the field and was extremely serious, Axelsen couldn't resist Wang Yu's attack at all.

He couldn't keep up with Wang Yu's speed, and even technically, Axelsen didn't have the slightest advantage.

... Axelsen came to the left front court with a big stride, grabbed the spot and pushed the shuttlecock to Wang Yu's left back court, and maximized the distance between Wang Yu and the shuttlecock at the fastest speed.

Without hesitation, Wang Yu used both feet to drive straight to the left backcourt, and then lifted into the air. With the racket in his hand, he spun outward at a high speed, and hit a violent backhand killing straight line.

boom!
The speed and strength of Wang Yu's shot can reach the power of an ordinary player's forehand smash, and Wang Yu hits the floor on the right side of Axelsen in a straight line.

For this violent backhand smash, Axelsen was dumbfounded.

"At the end of the second game, Wang Yu won, 21 to 15."

Although Axelsen's physical fitness is not weak, he is far inferior to Wang Yu. He is young and energetic, and he competed with Wang Yu in physical fitness in the first and second rounds.

In the deciding game, Wang Yu could still fight fiercely in the first half, but in the second half, Axelsen couldn't do it.

"I'm almost at my limit. Why does he still look energetic? It's unscientific..." Ansailong propped up his knees, then raised his hand to signal that he would go on the court to wipe his sweat, and took the opportunity to catch his breath.

Although Axelsen wiped off his sweat several times, he still failed to reverse the defeat.

“王羽胜，第一局18比21，第二局21比15，决胜局21比13。”

Wang Yu defeated Axelsen and successfully advanced to the semi-finals.

After the match information of the semi-final came out, it was also expected by the audience and fans. In the first half, Chen Long played against Li Zongwei, and in the second half, Wang Yu played against Lin Dan.

In Wang Yu's memory, Chen Long and Li Zongwei originally met in the final, but because of his appearance, this situation was broken.

(End of this chapter)