世界羽聯有意推行11分制 林丹李宗偉有望再戰東京

Malaysia's world number one Lee Chong Wei said a new scoring format could tempt him to extend his career to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and take yet another shot at an elusive badminton gold medal.

馬來西亞世界羽毛球頭號種子選手李宗偉近日表示，新的計分規則可能會讓自己把職業生涯延續到2020年的東京奧運會，並再一次向一塊夢寐以求的羽毛球金牌發起衝擊。

The 33-year-old's interest has been piqued by the Badminton World Federation's (BWF) experiments with an 11-point, best-of-five system, instead of the traditional 21-point, best-of-three format.

羽毛球世界聯合會把傳統的三局兩勝、每局21分制改成五局三勝、每局11分制的實驗，激發了已經33歲的李宗偉的興趣。

Lee said Chinese fellow veteran Lin Dan, a two-time Olympic champion, may also be persuaded to play on under the new system, which is considered less physically demanding and therefore better for older players.

李宗偉表示，他來自中國的老對手、兩次奧運冠軍獲得者林丹可能也會被勸說在這個新的賽制下比賽，因爲這種賽制對體力要求會少一點，對老運動員較爲有利。

"Nothing is confirmed yet, but if there is indeed a change I could very well compete at the Tokyo Olympics," Lee was quoted as saying by the The Star newspaper.

馬來西亞《星報》援引李宗偉的話稱：“一切都還沒定呢。但如果真的有改變的話，我可能會在東京奧運會上發揮得很好。”

"Even Lin Dan might play on as the 11-point system would mean shorter matches... which is better for senior players like us."

“甚至林丹也有可能繼續打下去，因爲11分制意味着比賽變短了，這對我們這樣的老運動員比較有利。”

"We certainly have the experience. Playing in shorter matches is definitely better because I believe we can control the shuttlecock better."

“我們肯定是有經驗的。比賽變短對我們來說無疑是有利的，因爲我相信我們能夠更好地控球。”

The BWF was not immediately available to comment on the new scoring format, which was trialled last week at an under-19 event in Malaysia.

羽毛球世界聯合會沒有立即對新的計分模式做出迴應，這個新模式上週在馬來西亞一場U19的比賽中已經被試用了。

Lee had previously said that last month's Rio Olympics, where he finished runner-up for the third Games in a row, would be his last.

連續三次獲得亞軍的李宗偉曾經在上個月的里約奧運會上表示，這會是自己最後一次參加奧運會。