On the podium
Great gesture in badminton after drama surrounding Spaniard!
A particularly sporting gesture from badminton player He Bingjiao! After the Chinese player made it to the Olympic final due to an injury to her semi-final opponent Carolina Marin, she paid tribute to the 31-year-old as silver medal winner at the award ceremony.
Background: Marin had won the first semi-final set 21:14 on Sunday and was already leading 10:5 in the second set when she landed awkwardly after a jump and twisted her knee. The Spanish player, who had been superior up to that point, was taken out of the hall in a wheelchair in tears.
Industry and medal
Knowing full well that it would have been very difficult to reach the final without Marin's dramatic retirement, Bingjiao took the Iberian to the podium in the form of a Spain pin and presented the brooch to the photographers together with the silver medal.
Although it wasn't enough to win gold in the final against South Korea's An Se-young, Bingijao won the hearts of thousands of fans with this action.
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