宿命! 里約奧運半決賽林丹再戰李宗偉!

Twice-Olympic champion Lin Dan survived a huge scare against India's Srikanth Kidambi in the men's badminton singles in Rio on Wednesday to set up a semi-final with Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei, the man he beat for the gold medal in Beijing and London.

在本週三里約奧運羽毛球男子單打比賽中，兩屆奧運金牌得主林丹驚險戰勝印度選手斯里坎特·基達姆比，在半決賽中將迎戰來自馬拉西亞的李宗偉。林丹就是在北京和倫敦奧運會上擊敗了李宗偉，從而贏得了金牌。

China's Lin, bidding for an unprecedented third successive title, was pushed to the limit in the 68-minute battle with world number 11 Srikanth but ratcheted up the pressure in the deciding Game to close out the match 21-6 11-21 21-18 at the Riocentro.

中國隊的林丹正向史無前例的三連冠發起衝擊，在對陣世界排名第11位的斯里坎斯、耗時68分鐘的比賽中，他被逼到了絕境，但是最終林丹頂住了壓力，在決勝局取得勝利，最終以21-6、11-21、21-18的總比分獲勝。

Top seed Lee had a far easier run against Chou Tien-chen in the opening match and was never seriously tested by the seventh-ranked Taiwanese during a 21-9 21-15 demolition.

賽會頭號種子李宗偉的對手是來自中華臺北的周天成，李宗偉的開局要輕鬆許多，而世界排名第七的周天成整場比賽都沒有給李宗偉帶來真正的壓力，最終李宗偉以21-9、21-15的比分獲勝。

Third-ranked Lin's seeding put him in Lee's side of the draw, denying fans another battle royale in the gold medal-decider but Friday's semi-final will pit two of the finest players of the modern era against each other in their Olympic swan song.

賽會三號種子林丹將與李宗偉狹路相逢，球迷們看不到兩人之間另一場金牌決勝賽了，但是在週五的半決賽上，這兩位當今時代最優秀的羽毛球運動員也將上演一場奧運史詩。

Thirty three year-old Lee has beaten Lin in their past two meetings but has only tasted heartbreak in big tournaments against his Olympic nemesis. The Chinese dashed Lee's hopes of a first gold in his final Asian Games at Incheon in 2014 and denied him twice in the final at the 2011 and 2013 world championships.

在最近的兩場比賽中，33歲的李宗偉都擊敗了林丹，但是在大型賽事中，面對自己的奧運剋星，他卻只能嚐到心碎的滋味。在2014年仁川亞運會上（也是李宗偉最後一屆亞運會），林丹擊碎了李宗偉亞運會首金的夢想，同時在2011年和2013年世錦賽上，林丹又兩次擊敗了李宗偉。

"The last big tournament we played was the 2014 Asian Games," Lin told reporters. "We've played in tournaments since but the Olympic arena is a bit different."

林丹對記者說道：“我倆打的最後一場大型賽事是2014年的亞運會，自那以後我們也打過一些比賽，但是奧運賽場有點不同。”

"However you look at it, it's a match-up between two players. We've all been working really hard these four years and are again at the Olympics," he added. "At least it proves that we two 33-year-old athletes can still compete at a high level."

林丹繼續說道：“不管你怎麼看，這都是兩名運動員之間的一場比賽。在這四年裏我們一直都非常努力，最終再一次在奧運賽場上相見。至少這證明了我們兩個33歲的運動員還是保持了很高水平的競技狀態。”