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August 4, 2024, 7:00 PM
Accept Di Li Sijia revealed 2 reasons for losing to View Kulwut Wititsan, which led to the first guaranteed Olympic medal in Thai badminton history.
On August 4, 2024, the 2024 Olympic badminton men’s singles competition ended. In the semi-finals, the world’s eighth-ranked Thai national badminton player Wititsan defeated the world’s seventh-ranked Malaysian player Li Sijia 2-0, 21-14, 21-15.
This makes the 23-year-old View Kunlawut the first Thai badminton player in history to win an Olympic medal. They will compete with world number two Victor Axelsen from Denmark for the gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The former 2020 Olympic champion defeated world number 22 Indian player Lakshiya Sen 2-0, 22-20, 21-14.
After the match, Li Sijia talked about the 2 reasons for losing to View Kulwut, who had equally alternated losing and winning in the past 4 matches: “Today he played really well. I felt his confidence. He was at the highest level. I just tried to do what I could, like strategy or whatever. To get more points from him but it didn’t work out.”
“He handled the race very well today. I must admit that I have come this far. I just need to go one step further. This is something I regret. But there is still a chance to get the bronze medal. Let’s focus on the other race.”
“I’m sorry to have missed the chance to qualify for the final. I won the silver and gold but I still think tomorrow is the bronze final for me and I don’t have time to think about it. I have to concentrate.”
Bronze medal match: Lee Si Jia (World No. 7/Malaysia) vs. Lakshiya Sen (World No. 22/India) at 7:30pm Gold medal match: Kulwut Wititsan (World No. 8/Thailand) vs. Victor Axelsen (World No. 2/Denmark) at 8:40pm
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