2024 Olympics: Viktor Axelsen Brings Home Men's Singles Gold Medal

Viktor Axelsen successfully became the men's singles champion at the 2024 Paris Olympics (Instagram/@victoraxelsen).

JAKARTA The Danish badminton player, Viktor Axelsen, occupied the highest podium after winning the final of the men's singles badminton at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

He has the right to take home the gold medal after the final, Monday, August 5, 2024, WIB night, winning 21-11 and 21-11 over Thailand's representative, Kunlavut Vitidsarn.

Axelsen appeared dominant in the first and second games. He only played tight at the initial 10 points in the first game and was no longer overtaken by his opponent afterward.

In the second set, he also easily generates point by point. Kunlavut was only given the opportunity to equalize once in the first two points.

This victory made Axelsen the second men's singles badminton player who back-to-back won the Olympic gold medal following in the footsteps of Chinese badminton player Lin Dan.

Lin Dan previously carved back-to-back Olympic champions in 2008 in Beijing and maintained his gold medal in London 2012.

This year the Olympic back-to-back record was also engraved by the Chinese men's doubles pair Taipei, Lee Yang/Wang Chi Lin. The pair previously also won the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

For this year's men's singles, the bronze medal was previously secured by Malaysia's representative, Lee Zii Jia. He beat India's badminton player, Lakshya Sen.

Men's singles is the last sector to appear for gold medals at the 2024 Olympics. Thus, badminton has been completed in France.

The other three sectors that won gold were Chen Qingchen/JianYifan (women's doubles), An Se-young (women's singles), and Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong (mixed doubles).