PARIS: Several badminton shuttlers whose first or second Olympics were in Tokyo, where there were no crowds, are struggling to see the shuttlecock while playing in Paris amid distracting, lively fans and jarring lights.
So Yeong Kim of South Korea reacts during the Group C match with Hee Yong Kong of South Korea against Nami Matsuyama of Japan and Chiharu Shida of Japan.
But at the Olympics, crowds are typically lit up brightly and in Paris that's been no different. The Porte de La Chapelle Arena is loud, glowing with white light, and full of thunderous crowds chanting, banging drums, holding flags, and occasionally making stadium"waves". "What a beautiful arena - it was fantastic to see red shirts and flags and stuff, it was phenomenal. It's nice that it's bright on the spectator," said world number three men's singles player Anders Antonsen, whose first Olympics was in Tokyo.
Thailand's Intanon Ratchanok, who ranks 21 in women's singles and has been at every Olympics since London 2012, said she's also been finding it tricky versus Tokyo.
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