Men's Badminton Doubles Gold Medal Match - China v Denmark | London 2012 Olympics

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Full highlights from the Men's Badminton Doubles Gold Medal Match between China and Denmark from Wembley Arena on 5 August 2012.
Badminton made its debut as a demonstration sport at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. It was not until the 1992 Games in Barcelona that it was officially included on the Olympic programme, with men's and women's singles and doubles events. The mixed doubles event made its debut in 1996 at the Atlanta Olympic Games. Since then, the number of events has remained unchanged.
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[@russiangymfan]

Fu and Cai are 2 handsome guys and great players!

[@IcyPineappleSundae]

i love how when they won, cai yun ran off the court with excitement and fu hai feng just broke down and sobbed LOL

[@CandyMakSimplyMeCandy]

I think they came second in the last Olympics especially it was held in their home country so that's y they were a little emotional. plus China had swept all gold in badminton and this was the last match ..

[@jerrysmith1527]

"5 gold out of 5 for China" Those good old days......

[@harukrentz435]

Badminton almost get scrapped out of Olympic because of China's unreal dominance at that time lol

[@user-vy8ok4qs9g]

@@harukrentz435 肯尼亚马拉松 和美国篮球 希望也可以赶出奥运 他们统治了太久

[@Aram_Trainee]

27:19 WHAT A SMASH

[@cryxtal310]

my opponent on badminton be like

[@marcosundah4698]

Well you lift the ball high to Fu haifeng and you know what happens next... especially he is one of the most powerful smashers in badminton

[@jeffreyvisser8628]

Who else is watching this to learn how to play better?

[@thereverend6512]

Jeffrey Visser i’m watching because we play it in school and i was surprised that this is an OLYMPIC SPORT

[@jeffreyvisser8628]

The Reverend me too! At the university hehe

[@fdrop-a-personas1503]

@@jeffreyvisser8628 french spotted

[@anilmohani7845]

😁

[@Kozyplayz]

No one is

[@cookiesncake3340]

I love it how China's shirts are gold and Denmarks are silver

[@somerandompersonthatdoesnt1306]

Jym E. Changa I think it's because china won gold medal and Denmark won silver medal

[@nickybanh3181]

cookies n cake

[@yukyong5420]

cookies n cake人

[@capsmith7097]

That was griffindor vs slytherin. Lol

[@emmad5986]

ahahahah

[@russiangymfan]

The speed, power and skills required for the sport of badminton is unbelievable! Fu and Cai is just magnicent! Great final competition from both teams.

[@treksez]

China just seem like they're playing on another level compared to denmark. Denmark is so outclassed here

[@physika]

treksez nah. denmark also played equally well. in fact there was a controversial shot in 2nd set but the judge gave it to china anyway.

[@pham1020]

physika It was a tight match but the Chinese were better in all disciplines explosive, speed and defense which is why they won. They were very consistence in the entire olympics by winning all their matches in 2 straight games. That call by the umpire happened when the Chinese were winning 16-12 so even if the Dens got that point then 16-13 was still a good advantage for the Chinese and the chance of a momentum shift is slim since the Chinese were very consistence in that game. But it looked like the the umpire made the right decision.

[@physika]

Quang Pham true, but this is the final so i guess even just 1 point might turn the entire game over in terms of momentum. anyway it was a high quality game indeed.

[@nihao844]

CHINA NUMBER ONE

[@akhilagakhilashok3164]

NIHAO podayyy😀

[@aurum_7201]

Me and my friend went undefeated 20-0 in gym class. I thought we were good. I was wrong.

[@mannymelo949]

AURUM FORTIS that’s what brought me here too

[@SkullShark360]

Same lol

[@cryxtal310]

welp then you got uno reversed..

[@AgentJ2007]

Were you playing against pre-school kids ?

[@samyak_joshi7313]

Definately

[@erikdi001]

Men double is the best. Skilful, fast and powerful!

[@allisonhu2334]

feel like this female commentator really love cai yun coz every game I heard the sentence" he is so sharp, excellent serve, so fast, he dominates the front court" lol

[@hawami3711]

+Allison Hu he really is LOL

[@irilhamramadhan]

+Hậu Lê but she is right

[@wenguyu]

Cai Yun is one of the best of all time. He's much better and stable than Fu Haifeng

[@2001ALS2008]

OoooooOoOoOOoooh my GOD. If you tuned in to the Channel 9 News broadcast yesterday evening, you’re probably still cringing so hard your jaw is permanently locked shut, rendering you unable to eat solid food ever again. I’ll be living off a soup-only diet alongside you. Because what started off as a heartfelt farewell to weather girl Bec Judd (who had her last appearance tonight before taking maternity leave) turned into TV’s - nay - THE WORLD’S most awkward situation ever. All I can say is poor Peter Hitchener, who helplessly witnessed Tony Jones leant in for smooch of Bec’s perfect cheek, only to be epically rejected and for the moment to be documented and replayed forever more. Can we… I can’t… I just… AHHHHHHHHHHHH IT'S SO CRINGEWORTHY I'm actually howling at my desk. Tony, Tony, Tony.

[@csf3lihao]

and he went through heart surgery, guy is a legend.

[@kenchi7686]

24:42 cai’s sharp half smashes just incredible. Effortless but effective.

[@harshpalani]

chirag shetty has sort of resemblance with this imo, and satwik has a big smash like fu

[@yazhutian1981]

Love them, Cai and Fu!!!! True Legends!!!

[@wilgomez3352]

Omg Olympic badminton is insane

[@dhramnath6750]

Wilbert Gomez

[@hughyang7967]

i havent watched yet, but i kno china is going to win.

[@kadokkendallkylie4232]

Hugh Yang same

[@nikhilprasad9332]

@Zdawg225 your baseball is funny.. lol .

[@joegug9002]

nikhil prasad he likes basketball

[@Riki_707]

lmao

[@elizabethcox1328]

Hugh Yang nice spelling 👍

[@imbastrat]

49:50 Beautiful smash

[@Kid_Legend_4_Life]

That coordination tho The way they work together like that is incredable

[@rp101aquatics6]

The chinese are tough and very competitive for them to reach this point they have to be like this naturally

[@aaronsun1659]

denmark players have chinese character tatoo on his arm lol

[@ninoding]

Aaron Sun 永

[@mingxuanbenedictteo8487]

And chinese player have English words tattoo

[@langsz]

@@mingxuanbenedictteo8487 that's funny lmao

[@lirikindo9658]

@@ninoding what is mean?

[@-wealuka7367]

@@lirikindo9658 It's for "Pernament, constant, eternity"

[@kevinlu6558]

No disrespect to Boe because he really is quite skilled, but I just find it funny the number of times I thought I paused the video when he's serving. :D

[@Wowlestgo]

Same

[@kenji2342]

Same haha

[@carlamaetagulalap7441]

It's nice watching Cai Yun giving his best to all of his game as well ang Fu❤️I adore them❤️ Watching this also gave me enough learnings about my sport❤️💕

[@darthstarkiller1912]

As Chris said in "Total Drama Action": It's not BADminton, it's GOODminton. Heck, it's GREATminton!!!

[@shixuanli4572]

This warm-up part is sooo cool 1:50

[@volturivoltron574]

52:52 bromance :) :)

[@cryxtal310]

this is sad and happy at the same time lol

[@michaelp9061]

They were absolutely unstoppable in the final.

[@flyjessicafly559]

the last point backhand is the same when they lose to Indonesia (Beijing 2008). Same backhand at the same place 😁

[@pidut1982]

the best pair in the world, my favourite... fu haifeng / cai yun ;)

[@cakeman123cake]

I love the fact that the videos are HD :)

[@thehorsesnamewasfriday8695]

Caiy is kinda hot

[@MrKHAILEE]

In the world of badminton, Asia are more likely to win.

[@patrickhernandezbach7592]

Not really

[@patrickhernandezbach7592]

Khai Lee let me see. not really

[@johan8503]

Asia has to be good at something haha

[@duyplaystation]

Johan what that supposed to mean?

[@Longtack55]

And eating with chopsticks and slurping noodles from the bowl....

[@pangjui5250]

look into cai yun eye.......u can see the winner in it.

[@RyoistheMAN]

Cai and Fu! The badminton LEGENDS!!

[@danilaluna1606]

John Lee no no the legend id from indonesia ricky/rexy

[@s.y.6720]

So proud of you guys~

[@nguyendiem1060]

There was Queen Margrethe of Denmark watching this game. What a pleasure !

[@csf3lihao]

60 fps is not good enough for this, they are too fast.

[@dustinw6050]

LOL XD ASIAN LVL

[@wSRV]

haha.. i was wondering exactly the same

[@owenbuhrman2884]

Ya

[@andyyjiang]

epic

[@christong4322]

yeah let's go china!

[@christong4322]

btw im in china right now :)

[@giangsonnguyen9318]

Each match is a wonderful match. I love badminton

[@JASHBRYANT]

最近觀察了蔡贇的表現，打球的感覺讓我非常能感受到他的認真，超帥！好熱血！ 要不是接近退休年齡，真的很想再看到他的表現。

[@user-ig4of9go2v]

說的好阿

[@NoOne-ex4sx]

Jesus, they have lightning-fast reflexes. That *has* to be natural, not something they trained for...

[@scramjet7466]

+nareteV denosaeS no, after certain experience they can assume their next move. I can too. Like if u hit in a certain angle you can predict the possible counters which is what the body gets used to. But you have to make unthinkable moves.

[@NoOne-ex4sx]

Vampire Volverene Yeah true, I've heard that about fighting too. lol

[@sanjeevraheja]

nareteV denosaeS

[@gustavusadolphus9246]

No One it’s actually pretty easy after a while. From the way your opponent sets up their shot, you can just tell how and where to counter. It becomes a natural reflex, I don’t even think about it when playing, it’s a subconscious move.

[@dannarios-sosa8673]

it's because they're not reflexes...

[@edwint1192]

ok.... i can c that Denmark is trying its best, but the Chinese receives every smashes, its just like two level 1 playing with two level 100 master, not on the same level

[@feliciaf8]

China is always winning in badminton mostly

[@csf3lihao]

well the two did lose in 2008, so this is their come back.

[@aaronsun1659]

they have to win this, they lost the beijing one

[@letletlett6362]

Nah. They are actually on the same level. The Chinese had better form and better mentality and that's why they won. Many say Jung/Lee is same level as the Chinese. However when the Danes beat Jung/Lee, they say the Danes are not on same level as the Chinese. What a "wonderful" logic. Sometimes when a pair beat another pair without struggling, it does not mean they are not on same level. LCW once beat LD by 21-4 in third set. Can you say they are not on same level?

[@csf3lihao]

let let lett I agree. This is not like 100m dash, badminton takes precision, strength and skill, it is a sport mostly relies on not talent but hard work. With all these combined, whoever has the better mentality and teamwork will stand out.

[@SuperMillepattes]

Superbes échanges ! Très beau match !

[@shibainu9631]

two days ago I watched on TV mixed double final (gold match) Rio 2016... it's so disappointed when you see so many empty seats during the game.. I think Rio 2016 it not ready enough orginizing the olimpic,, especially badminton -_- -_-

[@netrunner2922]

Did you just judge the whole olympic by the number of seats? the staff must be hired for a reason. This is a billion-dollar event, dude

[@HalfiDesfarizly]

No one cares about badminton in Brazil. That's why

[@kadokkendallkylie4232]

Fakhmol Risepdo lol Brazilian not good in badminton

[@codyondrick2731]

Agree with you..brazil shouldnt host the olympic games..geeezzz...yucckkss

[@nigelstevens348]

It's Indonesia in the final, so no one else cares to be honest, cuz all you get from them are insults and threats.

[@langsz]

in my opinion cai/fu is the greatest mens doubles pair of all time

[@russiangymfan]

It's such a joy to watch Yun Cai's play! Cai is a true great all-around badminton player, and perhaps the smartest player in the world! I read that Cai is the captain of Chinese badminton men's team.

[@ViewerOnly2]

Great game, both teams played good.

[@samkiezeliang7224]

Great play.......learned a lot from this match ......

[@godknoweverything244]

Miss FU HAI FENG HE NAME REALLY HAVE AURA, LEGENDARY PLAYER

[@pham1020]

Then, if Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng were at their peak in 2006 when Fu Haifeng fired a 324 km/h smash, they would destroy Setiawan and Ahsan. They won all matches of 2006 World Championships in 2 straight games. In fact, Setiawan and Ahsan lost to Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng twice in 2012 as well. They just lost this year because they were off for months and were not in their form as well as they are old now.

[@aryusart4975]

Do u mean markis kido/setiawan becoz ahsan havent partner setiawan till 2013 if im not mistaken.

[@BELENNQN]

partidazoo!! amo el badminton**

[@danielbobelyn8810]

leuk om naar te kijken

[@RNET.]

I love this camera, so interesting

[@heatchillisweet]

I love the sound of smashing birdies

[@andriyshevchenko6062]

fhf caiyun adalah pemain idola saya, semangat maine tanpa profokasi lawan.. saya sangat mengidolakan banget sosok pasangan ini. semoga kevin gideon bs berprestasi kaya mereka. bs juara dan olimpic

[@rizqaekawati471]

Fantastic match!!

I sympathise with you! Don't give up your passion!

[@sauravraj4694]

Great match it was !

[@KevinP32270]

AMAZING.

[@zhuminghao4296]

Wonderful

[@marcobarot9888]

China may not have the fastest runners, the strongest men but they sure do have the fastest reflexes

[@dynamics-dw6ji]

China does well in weightlifting.

[@calebprice8141]

And ping pong

[@MrPeelhere]

They're not that good in basketball

[@isjason138]

Liuxiang has world record for 100m hurdles

[@alfredoestopa1958]

i love to playing badminton ever.

[@princekhounduker9189]

well played both of teams

[@rainbowbinocular]

Thank you.

[@russiangymfan]

The last point won by China's Fu and Cai is just magnicent, so fast and powerful! They no doubt deserve this gold medal. Who says tha badminton is a backyard sport?! Fu and Cai are also so handsome.

[@violinjidong1308]

watching this during pandemic and i cry when see they cry🥺🥺

[@Koozwad]

That moment when you have something in your teeth and it won't come out 42:55

[@cryxtal310]

lol what

[@gabereacts177]

😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐

[@giangsonnguyen9318]

Yes. Lin Dan was ranked 99th but he still won the 5th World Championship in August 2013

[@Kozyplayz]

Incredible play in their

[@machoman_-xs8ef]

*there

[@sth9529]

1:53 OMG

[@GIN.356.A]

I see what you mean. I think since LCW plays with such pace and aggression, it is easy to see him as the aggressor and the one in control of the rallies. Whereas LD's control plays may seem more passive in comparison. But if you watch some of their epic matches again, you'll see that LCW is without a doubt the aggressor most of the time, but LD is really the one in control of the rallie, he dictates the tempo, and that's something LCW cant do at LD's level.

[@nizamchannel6599]

Congratulation for China... And for Boe/Mogensen good Job guys 👍👍👍👍👍

[@purwantiallan5089]

Here we are again during covid19 in 2020...

[@brandonredekop1946]

Can you please upload more badminton matches from Rio? Including Men’s doubles Kim/Kim vs Fu/Zhang and also men’s singles Lin Dan vs Srikanth and Chen Long vs Son Wan Ho!! Thank You!!

[@hyunyverse]

what a good pair... :)

[@amo_res9266]

Ok, they r so good

[@solxh]

very nice play'

[@charliechok6455]

thx..:)

[@0llieftw]

i agree with most of that when you say about their styles of play but chong wei was fit enough to keep his playing style the whole way through this olympic final without any sort of loosening up and i say the same thing about worlds 2011. Lin Dans style may be more efficient but i still believe that in the rallies, chong wei is better, but at the crucial points he struggles to play at lin dans standard who plays flawless on important points

[@xALLBuTNuTx]

if this final were Korea VS China, it might be more interesting..

[@sandrogomes3180]

true noone plays badminton in europe

[@feliciaf8]

exactly! mostly China's rival is Indonesia

[@iagreewithyoubut4110]

aaaaand Denmark owned the 2016 thomas cup

[@letletlett6362]

and Marin has been the queen of WS for three years

[@hmrhuang]

I thought the Danes beat the Koreans in the semis to get to the Olympic Finals in 2012?...

[@eejingld6419]

《风云》很棒！

[@CONANLI12]

No people in Europe can pronounce Cai Yun's name right

[@MuhammadMaulana94]

CONANLI12 just Asian Can!!

[@hagongda123]

chinese pinyin is based on latin

[@hifong7957]

风云一级棒！

[@mattduff5225]

Very interesting game.

[@yun4640]

me with my $1 racket and birdie playing badminton against myself thinking im good:

[@editahodzic4846]

I LOVE BADMINTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@tupac0306]

lol love the way cai yun wiped the sweat

[@NepzRemix]

51:54 reminded me of taufik hidayat. amazing backhand..

[@chenjingzhou3266]

Imagine if there was a game where players play with their weaker hand i.e. if they are right hander they have to play with left hand that would be hilarious

[@Magic-bf8gz]

No, their weak hand would just become the strong one. They should have competitions where they force everyone to switch.

[@pinkdarkboii1817]

@@Magic-bf8gz Did you mean: Rafael Nadal?

[@gundamzaku214]

Fu holds the record in a match, Tan only holds the record in a control test setting. just FYI, Fu's record smash was at the 2005 sudirman cup.

[@joannaWang]

well, third place is not bad either. but fu and cai's reaction is just tremendously golden. :D

[@bobsmith5089]

Nice play

[@halidharis]

youtube buffering everytime mathias boe serving

[@stephencraven3333]

Nice game...

[@hishamqannita5930]

The Chinese pair nailed it!!!

[@huangxianwei6515]

50:15 "oh man these chinese wanna kill me"

[@tusharmallisetty4857]

Best doubles match I've ever seen

[@wenguyu]

The runner-ups of MD in 2008 upgraded to gold medalists after 4 years. Hopefully the similar scene will occur in Tokyo.

[@0llieftw]

Not a chance. Cai and Fu are absolutely quality here, at their peak, they would have annihilated Ahsan and Setiawan

[@lowiecitotapar1818]

This two guys is a monster...cai and...

[@namiraahmedtanha]

Nice playing oll player

[@mwien3994]

fully agree . yeah urope can fight

[@TheVNMB]

I love Badminton!!!