Queen of Badminton Tai Tzu-ying crashes out of Paris Olympics

2024-08-01

Badminton star Tai Tzu-ying’s last Olympic campaign ended in tears on Wednesday, after she lost to Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon in the group stage. After her defeat, Tai posted a heartfelt message of thanks to her fans. President Lai Ching-te also took to social media. He thanked the Queen of Badminton for her hard work and said Taiwan stood with her in Paris.

Outside the stadium, fans rush to hug Tai Tzu-ying as she fights back tears. Paris was Tai’s last Olympic campaign, and it came to an early end.

Later on, Tai shared a photo of her embracing her opponent, Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon, right after their match. In a 550-character post, she said she hadn’t wanted to cry on the court, or to let anyone know about her injuries. Over the past month, Tai was injured in both legs, to the point of needing crutches to move. At one point, she doubted her ability to compete, and she remained unable to run normally even after landing in France. Tai said she worked hard on rehabilitation and was surprised to win her first game at the games. But regarding her loss to Intanon, Tai said there were no excuses. She said she had hope but was ultimately unable to pull through. Tai’s fans are distraught.

Liu Chia-cheng
Olympic badminton coach
We weren’t expecting Intanon to come and hug her. Heroes support heroes.

Tai shared that India’s PV Sindhu had also hugged her after the match, holding her face and consoling her, saying Tai had played very well. Intanon left a comment on Tai’s post, saying Tai would, quote, be her mirror, as always. The Thai shuttler thanked Tai for her fighting spirit, and said she hoped to keep seeing her around the world. President Lai Ching-te also posted to social media. He thanked Tai for her hard work, writing that the cheers in the stadium represented Taiwan standing with her in Paris.

Cheng Shih-chung
Sports Administration head
We were very moved by Tai Tzu-ying’s match. We knew about her injuries, and some of the moves she made to catch the shuttle must have been really painful. We want to thank Tai Tzu-ying for representing our country all these years.

Tai Nan-kai
Tai Tzu-ying’s father
She’s a very strong girl. I saw how she cried when Intanon hugged her… She had some severe injuries, so it was very tough for her. If she had waited to heal fully, she would’ve lost her touch. Before leaving, she said she needed a miracle. The miracle was that she was able to run again. That was already a miracle in itself.

Despite Tai crashing out of the Olympics, her father remains proud as ever, and messaged her after the match to cheer her up. Tai plans to continue playing for the rest of the year before retiring. Her father says the most important thing for her is to get plenty of rest, adding that her family will support her no matter what she decides to do.

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戴資穎IG發文 "超人有來只是我沒撐過去"

2024-08-01

台灣羽球天后戴資穎，巴黎奧運止步小組賽無緣晉級，不過她帶傷上陣跟賽後泛淚的模樣，讓球迷相當不捨。沉澱之後，戴資穎發文感謝所有支持，更說到"看來超人有來，只是我沒能撐過去"，而總統賴清德更在臉書發文表示，戴資穎真的辛苦了，全場的加油聲，就是台灣人跟遠在巴黎的小戴，同在一起的證據。

球迷守在奧運場外，看到台灣羽球天后戴資穎，哽咽獻上擁抱，小戴也再度紅了眼眶。戴資穎奧運最後一舞，留下不捨句點。

稍微沉澱後，戴資穎貼出跟對手依瑟儂的擁抱照，感謝所有人。550字長文，坦言淚灑球場，這並不是自己想要的，想隱瞞傷勢，但賽場很殘酷，這一個月來，左右腳都有傷，有幾天必須拄著拐杖，一度不覺得自己能上場，到法國後，還沒辦法正常跑動。努力復健治療，趕上第一場比賽，意外的贏了，但對戰勁敵，小戴說自己盡力了，輸球沒有藉口。＂看來超人有來，只是我沒能撐過去＂一句話，讓所有球迷，都心碎。

[[巴黎奧運羽球隊教練劉佳城]]
“我們也沒想到是依瑟儂過來擁抱，英雄惜英雄”

小戴也透露，賽後印度球后辛度，抱著她、捧著她的臉，暖心安慰，＂你已經打的很好了＂。依瑟儂留言回應，戴資穎永遠是自己的鏡子，感動小戴總是拚盡全力，希望之後兩人還能在世界各地相遇。總統賴清德更發文寫下，小戴辛苦了，全場的加油聲，代表台灣跟在巴黎的小戴，同在一起！

[[體育署署長鄭世忠]]
戴資穎賽事我們看了是非常感動，我們都知道她有傷勢在，有一些救球動作做了會非常疼痛，我們也謝謝戴資穎，多年來為我們國家的征戰

[[戴資穎爸爸戴楠凱]]
“她是很堅強的孩子，我看是依瑟儂抱她哭了她才...，之前受傷很嚴重，她自己也很痛苦，不能等腳好了就沒手感了。她之前還沒出國說需要奇蹟，這奇蹟是能跑就已經是奇蹟了”

儘管無緣晉級，但爸爸對戴資穎的表現感到很滿意，賽後也傳訊息替她加油打氣。巴黎奧運結束後，小戴還會一路打到年底才退休，爸爸說，最重要是好好休息，接下來不管想做什麼，全家人一定支持。

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