Fu Haifeng, a two-time badminton men's doubles Olympic champion from Guangdong, appeared as a guest of honor at the "Five Badminton Rounds" Badminton Tournament Finals held at the Guangzhou International Badminton Training Center on December 5. After four years of retirement, he struggled to give up badminton, and what he missed most was the alarm clock of the athlete's period. Fu Haifeng felt very sorry that Li Junhui, the number one men's doubles "double tower combination" in Guoyu, retired at the age of 26, and he believed that now that Guoyu and Men were back on the same running line, they needed to regroup the strongest lineup to impact the Olympic Games through a large selection like the one he participated in in 2002. From now until 2024, Fu Haifeng's main task is to continue to assist Guangdong national feather women's doubles main player Chen Qingchen to prepare for the Paris Olympic Games.
In the four Olympic cycles of Athens, Beijing, London and Rio, Fu Haifeng is the pillar of the Chinese men's double. His "wind and cloud combination" with Cai Yun won the silver medal at the Beijing Olympic Games and won a record gold medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games. After Cai Yun retired, Fu Haifeng partnered with Zhang Nan to successfully defend his title at the 2016 Rio Olympics. In 2017, the 34-year-old Fu Haifeng retired, he did not stay away from badminton, and repeatedly assisted the national team in preparing for the World Series as an advisor. Prior to the Tokyo Olympics, he assisted in the preparation of the National Doubles Team at the Chengdu base. Fu Haifeng, who put his family in Beijing, specially returned to Guangzhou this time as the guest of honor for the FAW Besturn Li Ning "Five Badminton Round Match" Badminton Finals. In his view, on the best badminton atmosphere of the city, Guangzhou is absolutely the first in the country. "Very good, the best in the country, nothing compared, because Guangzhou has hosted a lot of badminton competitions, including the Asian Games, it is almost the Olympic Games."
At the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese team failed to achieve the men's doubles triple crown, the "twin tower combination" Li Junhui / Liu Yuchen regretted to win the silver, and Li Junhui, who was in the year of playing, announced his retirement in November. Coupled with the fact that Han Chengkai, a 23-year-old member of the men's doubles team of Guoyu No. 2, hung up after the National Games, the Chinese team rarely appeared in the situation where the first two men's doubles main forces were dismantled at the same time. For Li Junhui to retire at the age of 26, Fu Haifeng sighed many times in an interview: It is a pity.
Li Junhui (right)/Liu Yuchen In his opinion, the current overall pattern of national feather men's doubles is not particularly strong, and there is no leader who has always been able to rank among the top of the world badminton world. "Li Junhui is retiring now, I really feel very sorry, but there is no way, because of his injury." Fu Haifeng believes that Li Junhui's talent is still good, but some aspects such as physical fitness are lacking, and he believes that he himself has considered such a decision for a long time. He believes that the national feather men's doubles still has the opportunity to achieve good results in the future, because the pattern of the world badminton world is also changing. For example, the world's number one men's doubles player, Indonesia's Gideon/Sukamuyo, was a hit at the Tokyo Olympics. Often the more the clamor for the title, the less they won the gold medal, and the Indonesian pair of men's doubles also peaked after the Olympic Games, which created opportunities for other combinations.
The men's doubles of the national feather was at a low ebb in early 2000, and Fu Haifeng participated in the large-scale selection of the men's doubles group of the national team in 2002, and was selected by the famous coach Tang Xianhu to be paired with Cai Yun, who changed from singles to doubles, and formed the "wind and cloud combination" that was later invincible in the world badminton world. Fu Haifeng believes that the current Chinese men's doubles team also needs to be reformed as drastically as in 2002, and the most suitable combination is selected through large-scale selection. Because the Olympic points race will start in two years, and three years later it will be the Paris Olympics, and the time is very fast. He feels that now that the Chinese men's doubles team has returned to the same running line, the men's doubles combination that has played the main force in the Sudirman Cup and the Tang You Cup also needs to be observed to determine whether to continue to be partnered. The Guangdong men's team won the runner-up of the men's team at the National Games this year, and the ren xiangyu/Liang Weiheng doubles pair was remarkable. Fu Haifeng feels that they also have some hope that it is very good to prove their strength in national competitions, but they also need to prove themselves in international competitions. The biggest problem is that due to the impact of the epidemic, many players now do not have the opportunity to participate in international competitions.
Fu Haifeng (right) / Cai Yun won the men's doubles gold medal at the London Olympics
Fu Haifeng (left) / Zhang Nan won the men's doubles gold medal at the Rio Olympics to help Chen Qingchen prepare for Paris
Before the Tokyo Olympics, Fu Haifeng not only assisted Li Junhui/Liu Yuchen in preparing for the game, but also helped Chen Qingchen, the little sister of the Guangdong team. After Fu Haifeng retired, Chen Qingchen was Guangdong's Olympic gold medal hopeful. "In this cycle of Paris, my main task is also to help Chen Qingchen, because she is a member of our Guangdong team." As the number one women's doubles duo in The National Feather, Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan lost the gold rush at the Tokyo Olympics and finally won a silver medal. "Although it is very regrettable that they took the second place this time, I think Chen Qingchen's mentality is more mature after experiencing the silver medal. Soon, there were still three years left for her to prove herself. Fu Haifeng cited himself and Cai Yun as an example, they also regretted to win silver at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, and after four years of hard work, the two won the men's doubles gold medal for the first time in history at the 2012 London Olympics.
Chen Qingchen (right)/Jia Yifan As the master brother of the Guangdong team, Fu Haifeng still cares very much about the Guangdong brothers and sisters in the national team after retiring. In addition to Chen Qingchen, he mentioned Guangzhou doubles xiaohua Feng Xueying, who is about to participate in the World Championships, and Guangzhou doubles rookie Chen Xiaofei, who is more than 1.85 meters tall. "The competition in women's doubles is more fierce, and now our women's doubles is not the same as before, we can't go out to compete in three or five pairs and have the opportunity to rush to the championship, we must lower our posture." Feng Xueying and Chen Xiaofei are also good, the tall one. ”
After four years of retirement, Fu Haifeng still maintains the standard body of the athlete's period, and it turns out that he still plays regularly. "Yes, play often, I love badminton!" After playing for so many years, if you don't fight, your hands are particularly itchy, and you have to find a small team member to practice your hands. He laughed and said that his son prefers basketball and tennis, "badminton can also play, but it is not me who accompanies him, he plays with me." After leaving the national team, Fu Haifeng admitted that his life was more free than when he was an athlete, but he missed the "Tick" alarm clock. "When I was an athlete, the alarm clock 'ticked' every morning, and I would ring when I went to bed at noon, but now I can't hear it." He admits that he sometimes misses the bits and pieces of the athlete's period, and he will be very envious of seeing the young main players of the national feathers playing on the international field. "Seeing them roaring all the time and winning hugs together, really envying them." Asked if he would follow the example of other Olympic champions to become a teacher at a university, Fu Haifeng smiled and said, "Hopefully, let's see if there are any universities that want me." ”
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【Source: Guangzhou Daily】
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