Source: China News Network
On July 23, the opening ceremony of the 32nd Summer Olympic Games was held at the New National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. The picture shows the last torchbearer, Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka, passing the flame. China News Service reporter Han Haidan photographed
BEIJING, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Tokyo Olympic Games have passed the halfway mark, and while many athletes have reached the highest podium, there is also no shortage of "upsets" in the competition. This issue of the old driver's Olympic crash manual will take an inventory of the unpopular things that have appeared in Tokyo so far.
Tennis is constantly unpopular
At the opening ceremony, Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka lit the main torch as the last torchbearer, which was enough to see the host's expectations for the youngster who was less than 24 years old. However, the script did not go as expected, and in the tennis women's singles quarterfinals on July 27, Naomi Osaka, now ranked No. 2 in the world, lost to Czech Player Vandrasova 1:6/4:6, regrettably missing the quarterfinals.
In this Olympic Games, the tennis arena has been unpopular. In the first round of the women's singles, two-time Grand Slam champion and top seed Barty lost to Spain's Tomo 4:6, 3:6, and suffered a round trip. In the men's singles semifinals, Serbian star Djokovic suffered a reversal from Zverev, losing 1:2 to the opponent, and the hopes of the annual golden slam were dashed in advance.
Data chart: In the final of the 2019 China (Fuzhou) Open Badminton Championships, Japan's Kento Momota defeated Chinese Taipei's Zhou Tiancheng 2-1 to win the men's singles championship. Pictured shows Momota Kendou in the game. Photo by Lu Ming, reporter of China News Service
Momota Kendou was overwhelmed
"I'm sorry I didn't win the tournament," was what Japanese badminton star Kento Momota said after losing the match on July 28. As a player who won 11 titles in 2019, winning the Olympics may be Momota's only goal.
Facing World No. 38 Heo Woo-hee, Momota Kendou had a "power outage" in the middle of both sets, and finally lost to the opponent 0:2. After two matches in the group stage, Momota Kendou finished second with a record of 1 win and 1 loss, and unfortunately missed the round of 16. After experiencing a car accident and contracting the new crown, he was upset and did not have the opportunity to qualify, and he was not friendly to Momota Kendou for more than a year.
Infographic: Japan's Zhang Benzhihe in the competition. Photo by AnYuan
Zhang Benzhi and regret out
Before the Tokyo Olympics, the International Table Tennis Federation announced a new world ranking, Japan's Zhang Benzhihe ranked 4th in the men's singles, and at home, the Japanese table tennis team had high hopes for the post-00s talent.
After successfully passing the first game, Zhang Benzhihe welcomed the challenge of Slovenia's Dako in the quarterfinals, but after taking a 3:2 lead in the overall situation, Zhang Benzhihe failed to take advantage of the victory to chase and win the game, and finally won the second consecutive round by the opponent. He stopped in the round of 16, becoming a major underdog in the men's singles of table tennis at the Olympic Games.
Lee Daxun failed to realize his dream
"The Olympics are my only regret, the Asian Games and the World Championships have little meaning to me," South Korean taekwondo player Lee Dae-hoon revealed to the media that he will officially retire after losing the bronze medal battle with Zhao Shuai.
3 Asian Games gold medals, 11 Grand Prix gold medals, in Li Daxun's career, only one Olympic gold medal is missing, and he is determined to win the championship with the number one seed this time. However, in the men's taekwondo 68 kg 16-8 competition, Lee Daxun lost to Black Marahitov 19:21, missing the gold medal again, and regrettably failed to reach the podium.
Data chart: In the men's all-around final of gymnastics at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Japanese star Hanghei Uchimura won the Olympic gold medal with 15.800 points on the horizontal bar in the final round, reversing Ukrainian teenager Vignayev.
Uchimura Hanghei's accident "falling bar"
From 2009 to 2016, men's gymnastics can be said to have entered the era of Japanese athlete Hanghei Uchimura, who defended his title in the men's all-around event of gymnastics from London to Rio. This time, after the end of the year, he is still eager to create glory at the doorstep.
Due to a shoulder injury, he only played in the horizontal bar event that he was best at. In the men's gymnastics qualifier held on July 24, Uchimura chose a set of moves with a maximum difficulty of 6.600 points, but there was a mistake in the fall of the bar in a turn jump, although he re-entered the bar and completed the subsequent actions coherently, but he still missed the final with 13.866 points, which can not help but be lamented.
Competitive sports are full of uncertainty, in fact, there are still many unpopular in the Tokyo Olympic Games. The Chinese women's volleyball team, which went out as the defending champion, regrettably did not qualify for the group due to injuries and other reasons; in the semifinals of the three-person basketball men's group, the Serbian team, ranked first in the world, was upset and lost to the Russian Olympian team and missed the final; in the women's 400-meter freestyle final, Australia's Titmus pushed the American star Ledecky to win the gold medal... This may be another charm of competitive sports! (End)