Viktor Axelsen is aiming to become the first ever Olympic badminton gold medallist to win three gold medals, naming who his biggest opponent is

Danish two-time Olympic champion and two-time world champion Viktor Axelsen hopes to make a timely comeback for the Badminton World Championships in Paris in August 2025, with the long-term goal of continuing to last until the next Olympics in Los Angeles. Axelsen attended the meeting held by the sponsor Monitor ERP at the Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre (MITEC) in Kuala Lumpur early on the 17th local time, revealing his short-term and long-term goals in the future.

Axelsen attended the meet-and-greet held by the sponsor Monitor ERP at the Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre (MITEC) in Kuala Lumpur early on the 17th local time

Train aggressively and get back to shape as soon as possible. In March of this year, due to a long-term back injury, Axelsen decided to undergo surgery and is currently recovering, and although he did not play, he is a disciplined and responsible player, and is currently actively practicing in the fitness room to recover as soon as possible.

This year's World Badminton Championships in Paris will be held from 25 to 31 August, with Viktor Axelsen having won the World Badminton Championships in Glasgow 2017 and Tokyo 2022. Axelsen is also the men's singles champion at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, while he won bronze at Rio 2016.

Axelsen answers questions in both English and Chinese. Answering fans' questions in English and Chinese during the Q&A session, Axelsen first thanked the fans for their concern, and his immediate goal is to try his best to make a full recovery, but he will not rush and avoid being clumsy.

In the last 2023 World Badminton Championships in Copenhagen, Axelsen, who was listed as the first seed, lost to Indian veteran Burano after three rounds of hard fighting in the quarterfinals, and lost a great opportunity to compete for the title at home.

Axelsen is very popular in Malaysia, and the picture shows him posing with a female fan

Axelsen said that although he has won two Olympic gold medals, he is still not satisfied, and he hopes to continue until the next Olympics in Los Angeles. At present, Axelsen is 31 years old, and if he can play in the Los Angeles Olympics, he will be 34 years old, and it remains to be seen whether he can become the first Olympic gold medalist; To date, there have been 13 double Olympic gold medalists.

Named Kunlavut as the strongest competitor. At the age of 30, he was still able to win the gold medal in the men's singles at the Olympic badminton competition, and it was the former BWF President Larsson, who was nearly 31 years old at the time, and won the gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, becoming a world badminton legend. Speaking of today's better men's singles rivals, Axelsen named Thailand's 24-year-old world champion Kunlavut, who also won silver at last year's Paris Olympics.