奥运赛场上的“种子选手”
奥运会等大型赛事中,我们总能听到有些选手被称为“种子选手”,而且前面还带编号的。至于为什么他们被选定为“种子选手”,这个选择标准是什么,可能很多人都不太了解。我们今天就一起来探讨一下吧。 Men's Singles First Round - Olympic Tennis Centre - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 07/08/2016. Novak Djokovic (SRB) of Serbia reacts after losing his match against Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) of Argentina. [Photo/Agencies] 先看一则奥运报道: Top seed Novak Djokovic was beaten in the first round of the Olympic men's singles by Juan Martin del Potro. The world number one, 29, was in tears as he left the court after the match, which lasted two and a half hours. "This is one of the toughest losses in my career," said Djokovic, who was trying to win his first Olympic title. “种子选手”多直接用seed这个词表示,也可以用seeded player来表示。 体育比赛采用分组淘汰赛(tournament bracket)的时候,为了避免水平较高的选手在比赛初期相遇而被淘汰,就在分组时把他们分在不同的组里,这些选手就叫“种子选手”。 种子选手是各个项目的联合会,比如世界羽毛球联合会,根据上届比赛成绩以及两届比赛之间选手的表现来确定的,一般都会按照一个preliminary ranking(预先排名)来确定种子选手的次序,所以会有top seed(头号种子)、second seed(二号种子)等。在团体比赛项目中,实力强的队伍就叫seeded team(种子队伍)。 赛事之前确定种子选手的过程叫seedings,某位选手被选为种子选手就可以用someone is seeded for a tournament表示。 比如,里约奥运会之前,国际职业网球联合会(Association of Tennis Professionals,ATP)选定的网球男子单打(tennis men's single)种子选手有:
国际女子网球协会(Women's Tennis Association,WTA)发布的网球女子单打种子选手有:
里约奥运会的羽毛球单打选手中各有男女13名种子选手。这个筛选结果是根据国际羽联的世界排名(Badminton World Federation's world rankings)来确定的。 羽毛球男子单打头号种子为马来西亚的李宗伟(Lee Chong Wei is the men's top seed),中国选手谌龙为二号种子,林丹为三号种子(Lin Dan was seeded third)。 羽毛球女子单打头号种子为西班牙选手、两届世界冠军得主马林(Spain's two-time world champion Carolina Marin is the top ranked player),紧随其后的是中国选手王仪涵和李雪芮。 |