Wins Tokyo 2020 Olympic Gold, Viktor Axelsen Returns Denmark’s Men’s Singles Victory at the Olympics : Okezone Sports

TOKYO – Viktor Axelsen became the first Danish men’s singles in 25 years to win a gold medal in Olympic badminton men’s singles. This also restores the glory of the men’s singles from Europe in the four-year event.

He won the gold medal after defeating the Chinese men’s singles and defending champion, Chen Long in the final Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Playing at Musashino Forest Plaza, the world number two badminton player defeated Chen Long with a score of 21-12 and 21-15.

(Viktor Axelsen (left) while talking to Chen Long after the match. (Photo: REUTERS)

This achievement makes Viktor Axelsen’s name sweet. Owner smash This deadly game became the first European badminton player to win a gold medal since the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

Uniquely, at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the men’s singles badminton gold medal was also won by the Danish representative, Poul-Herik Hoyer Larsen. At that time, Larsen won the gold medal after defeating the Chinese representative, Dong Jiang.

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Now, after 25 years, Viktor Axelsen is following in Larsen’s footsteps. The 194-centimeter-tall badminton player won a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics by defeating the Chinese representative, Chen Long. It is exactly the same as the achievement achieved by Larsen at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, which also beat representatives of China.