Indonesian First Gold Medal Of Olympic Tokyo 2020

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Born To Make History

Indonesian women's doubles badminton players Greysia Polii / Apriyani Rahayu ( Greysia / Apriyani ) won the Tokyo Olympic gold medal after winning the final against Chinese representatives Chen Qing Chen / Jia Yi Fan in the match which took place at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Monday 2 August 2021. Winning two games directly with a score of 21-19 and 21-15 made them the first Indonesian women's doubles to win Olympic gold. This is also Indonesia's first gold in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Previously, Indonesia managed to collect 3 medals from the weightlifting sport. The success of winning a gold medal in the final of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, made them make history at the quadrennial sporting event. The reason is, there has never been a single Indonesian women's doubles can go this far and get a gold medal. Previously, the best achievement of Indonesian women's doubles in Olympic badminton was presented in the 2016 edition. At that time, the pair Greysia Polii/Nitya Krishinda qualified for the quarter-finals of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Unfortunately, in that round they were defeated by the Chinese women's doubles, Tang Yuanting/ Yu Yang, with a score of 11-21 and 14-21. Five years later, Greysia Polii returned to the Olympics.

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Greysia Last Olympic

For Greysia Polii, this event is the third Olympics after appearing in London and Rio de Janeiro. Greysia Polii admitted that she didn't know what to say to describe her feelings after winning the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

“We are here and we got the gold medal and this is how it feels to win the gold medal. It's indescribable. This means a lot to me," said Greysia.

He also did not forget to thank Apriyani Rahayu who has been his partner since 2017.

"I thank Apriyani, she wants to partner with me and I really appreciate it," said the 33-year-old athlete. This Olympic Will be her last appearance.

With this victory, Greysia/Apriyani ensured that the Olympic gold tradition would continue for Indonesia. The Indonesian Badminton Team has succeeded in creating history and making a gold medal tradition since 1992. The only failure for the Indonesian Badminton Team to award a gold medal was at the 2012 Olympics. So far, the Indonesian Badminton Team has always been relied on to win gold and continue the gold tradition at the Olympics. In Indonesia's history at the Olympics, only athletes from badminton have managed to award gold medals so far.

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The First Set Of The Game

Greysia/Apriyani had lost the first point. However, they managed to turn things around 2-1 after Greysia's two drop shots fell into the opponent's field of play. In addition to drop shots, Greysia/Apriyani are also good at placing the ball. This was shown by Greysia / Apriyani when they increased their advantage to 5-1. The advantages of Greysia/Apriyani continue to grow. Two long balls in China's women's doubles far back. They were away 7-3. Greysia/Apriyani had lost several points and their advantage narrowed to just one point at 8-7. However, Greysia / Apriyani managed to overcome it and closed the first game interval with an 11-8 advantage. After the break, Greysia/Apriyani lost three points due to their own mistakes. The position changed to a draw 11-11, they are still ahead. However, Greysia/Apriyani soon won two more points and their lead increased to 13-11. Chen/Jia made a lot of mistakes after that, Greysia/Apriyani got the upper hand. They are four points clear at 16-12. The advantage of Greysia / Apriyani increased to five points when entering the critical points, namely at 19-14. China's women's doubles made a lot of mistakes themselves, so it was in Greysia/Apriyani's favor. However, after that, Greysia/Apriyani actually lost a lot of points. They were unable to counter Chen/Jia's attacks. Position becomes 19-18. After going through a fierce battle, Greysia/Apriyani finally won the first game with a score of 21-19.

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The Second Set Of The Game

At the beginning of the second game, there was a long rally before ending with Apriyani Rahayu's smash. Score 1-0 to Greysia / Apriyani. The position had changed to 1-1, but Greysia/Apriyani took the advantage back to 3-1 after Chen/Jia's netting caught in the net and Apriyani Rahayu's smash glided heavily into the opponent's area. Greysia/Apriyani increased their lead to 7-2, several mistakes in the Chinese women's doubles and Apriyani's ingenuity in placing the ball became the source of Greysia/Apriyani's points. The second game interval was finally won by Greysia/Apriyani with an 11-7 advantage. Apriyani's sharp smack ended Chen/Jia's resistance in the first half of the second game. After the break, Apriyani Rahayu's reflex in returning Chen/Jia's flick serve made the Indonesian women's doubles increase to a 12-8 advantage. Greysia/Apriyani continued to press Chen/Jia. Many of their punches could not be anticipated by the opponent. They were away 17-9. Greysia/Apriyani continued to maintain that advantage, even increasing to nine points at 19-10 when the ball sent by Chen/Jia caught in the net. Greysia/Apriyani had lost a few points, but finally won the second game with a score of 21-15.

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