Taiwan wins first-ever gold medal in badminton after defeating China’s men’s doubles

August 2, 2021

Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin will go down in history as the men’s doubles team that won Taiwan’s first-ever gold medal in badminton at the Olympics.

What happened: Lee and Wang, both first-time Olympians, bested China’s third-seeded pair Liu Yuchen and Li Junhui at the Tokyo Games men’s double grand final held at the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza on Saturday, according to Taipei Times.

The Taiwanese badminton duo won the first match 21-18 and followed it by 21-12 to secure the win. The entire game lasted 34 minutes.
Now in 17the place, Taiwan won 10 medals — two golds, four silvers and four bronzes — at the Tokyo Games as of Monday, as seen in the Olympics’ medal ranking website.
The duo now sits in third in the BWF World Ranking for men’s double, pushing Li and Liu down to fourth.

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Other details: Lee and Wang were both born in Taipei and reside in Kaohsiung City, according to their BWF Badminton profiles.

Lee’s father encouraged him to play badminton and began playing the sport in 2005 while still in primary school.
Just like Lee, Wang’s parents also encouraged him to take up badminton. He started playing at the age of 9 in 2004 and later became interested in the sport.
Wang won the bronze medal at the 2018 World Championships in Nanjing, China.

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