Badminton player Hendra Setiawan has just finished his work at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Hendra closed the opportunity to appear in the next Olympics.
Hendra Setiawan competed in the men’s doubles badminton with Mohammad Ahsan. The senior Indonesian pair failed to win a medal after losing three games 21-17, 17-21, 14-21 to Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik from Malaysia in the bronze medal match, Saturday (31/7/2021).
Thus, Indonesia will go home without a medal from the men’s doubles event, which was originally championed for success at this time’s Olympics. The reason is, the world number one pair Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo were first eliminated after being defeated by gold medalists Lee Yang / Wang Chi-Lin (Taiwan) in the quarter-finals.
Hendra / Ahsan failed to get a bronze medal after being defeated by the Malaysian pair (AP / Dita Alangkara) |
Hendra Setiawan appears to have played the last Olympics of his career. The reason, Hendra will be 37 years old at the end of this month and will mean 39 years old at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
“Goodbye Tokyo 2020. My last Olympics are over,” Hendra wrote to his more than 350,000 followers on Instagram.
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Hendra’s upload received a response from a number of his colleagues.
“Please play one more time, see you in Paris,” said Tan Wee Kiong, a Malaysian men’s doubles player in the comments column.
“You will forever be a legend, man!” replace Taiwan’s Lu Ching Yao.
Despite failing to contribute a medal in Tokyo, Hendra has excelled in the world’s largest multi-event championship. Hendra Setiawan is a gold medalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics when paired with the late Markis Kido.
Watch Video: Losing to Malaysia, Hendra / Ahsan Failed to Get Bronze
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