Even Lee So-hee and Baek Ha-na failed to win a badminton women's doubles medal as they failed to win the quarterfinals.
Aug 01, 2024
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Lee So-hee (Incheon International Airport) and Baek Ha-na (MG Saemaeul Geumgo) also failed to advance to the semifinals. Lee So-hee and Baek Ha-na lost 0-2 to China's Liu Shengshu-Tanning in the quarterfinals of the women's doubles at the 2024 Paris Olympics at Port Drachapel Stadium in Paris, France on the 1st (Korea time). Lee So-hee and Baek Ha-na failed to advance to the semifinals.
Prior to this, Kim So-young and Gong Hee-yong, who are ranked eighth in the world, also failed to advance to the semifinals, and the Korean badminton women's doubles ended their dream of a medal. She swallowed her disappointment in women's doubles, which was originally classified as a clear medal table with two top rankers in the world.
Lee So-hee and Baek Ha-na got off to a shaky start in this tournament. They lost 12 (18-21 21-9 14-21) to the world's 25th-ranked Myken Frugor-Sarah Tigessen Joe (Denmark). Lee So-hee and Baek Ha-na, who gave up one game, won two games in a landslide and balanced, but knelt down again in three games. After that, I found my concentration. France's Margot Lambert-Anne Tram and Thailand's Jongkolpan Kitarakul-Lawinda Prasongjai won 2-0. Lee So-hee and Baek Ha-na advanced to the quarterfinals in second place in Group D.
the quarterfinals of fate. The opponent was Liu Shengshu-Tan Ningjo of China, ranked third in the world. They passed Group B with three wins. I had a hard time. It looked like the zero point was not being taken. The return was all off the line. After continuing to be dragged around, they were completely defeated 8-21 without creating a chance for a significant turnaround.
He was dragged around in the second set as well. It seemed to change the flow to 3-3, but soon allowed the opponent to attack again and gave up the lead to 5-8. The three-point gap could hardly be narrowed. The score gap widened from 8-11 to 8-14. Stroke sensation never came back and went to 12-20. In the end, they lost 13-21 by giving up the last point.
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