London Olympics 2012: Fu Haifeng and Cai Yun grab Men’s Doubles gold medal to complete their legacy
China’s Men’s Doubles shuttler Fu Haifeng and Cai Yun showed a wonderful performance on court and eventually grabbed the gold medal to complete their legacy after beating Denmark’s Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen in the final battle at London Olympics 2012
on Sunday, August 5, in England.
The World Number Two Haifeng and Yun, who were top seeds in the draw of Olympics, played tremendous badminton and outplayed their lower ranked Danish rivals who are currently ranked at number three in world ranking.
The higher ranked Chinese players showed their brilliance on court when they dominated the pace of rallies and easily overpowered their Danish challengers in straight games with a reasonable margin on the board.
Haifeng and Yun has already won all major titles in the world of badminton including the World Championships, All England Open and Thomas Cup Finals and they have completed their medal list by grabbing the gold medal at London Olympics.
The Chinese duo showed impressive performance in all matches in the mega event and lived up to the expectations by ending up their title draft in Olympic Games.
In 2008 Beijing Olympics, Haifeng and Yun lost the final battle to Indonesia’s Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan.
However, this time they did not make any mistake and easily overpowered Boe and Mogensen in straight games with a comfortable margin.
After winning the battle Yun said, “This is the exact result we aimed for. We have been playing together for over 10 years, and have entered the Olympics three times. Last time in Beijing we only achieved silver, and we were regretful.”
While talking about their failure in the previous edition of Olympic Games, Yun expressed the duo learnt a lot.
He further added, “After failure, we were more mature. For match we were not afraid of failure, we tried to enjoy it. We were not scared at all, not nervous. Part of the reason we won was we were full of confidence.”
The impressive Haifeng and Yun finally won their missing title and have become one of the most decorated shuttlers of the decade in Men’s Doubles category.
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