Spain applied to the Olympic Committee: a bronze medal for Marin! 8 years ago, Li Xuerui retired injured in the semifinals without a license

On August 6, Beijing time, the president of the Spain Badminton AssociationAndoni AzurmendiIt was confirmed that they are ready to apply to the International Olympic Committee to award a "bronze medal" to Spain's Marin, who retired injured in the semifinals of the previous Olympic women's singles. The Spain Badminton Association said it was preparing for the application.

In the previous badminton women's singles semifinals of the Paris Olympics, Spain's Marin suffered a serious knee injury in the semifinals with Chinese player He Bingjiao at 1-0 and a big lead in the second game. Unable to persevere, she then retired in tears. She also missed the subsequent bronze medal match, and Indonesian rising star Mariska won the bronze medal without a fight, which is also the only badminton medal of the "badminton kingdom" Indonesian team in this Olympic Games.

Spain, on the other hand, did not have any medals in badminton due to a serious injury to the "only hope" Marin. Considering that this is most likely the 31-year-old Marin, the last Olympic Games of her career, the Spain Badminton Association plans to apply to the International Olympic Committee for an "honorary bronze medal" as a sign of comfort and praise for her.

At present, however, there is no precedent for the IOC. Eight years ago at the Rio Olympics, also in the semifinals of the badminton women's singles, Chinese player Li Xuerui was also seriously injured in the match with Ma Lin.

She insisted on finishing the match with an injury, and then had no choice but to withdraw from the bronze medal match. Li Xuerui also said goodbye to her last Olympic Games with an injury and no medal.