Turning the clock back to 1994, we will find that Chinese badminton suffered an unprecedented and possibly unprecedented defeat at the Hiroshima Asian Games this year: four years ago, at the Beijing Asian Games, the champion who won all 6 gold medals in men's team, women's team, men's singles, men's doubles and women's doubles did not break into the final of any event, and finally ended with only 7 bronze.
Although, the more sensational news of that Asian Games came from the Chinese swimming team and Deng Yaping's loss to Toshiri Koyama in the table tennis women's singles final. But it is undeniable that this big slide in the badminton team has also alarmed the hearts of the Chinese people.
Especially in the semi-finals of the men's and women's teams, the Chinese team lost to their opponents by a score of 0-5, of which the women's team even failed to win 1 set, creating a humiliating loss of 0-10 innings. Let's see how we played such a disparity in the score that year.
In the semi-finals of the men's team, the Chinese team lost 0-5 to Indonesia.
Yidan Dong Jiong lost 0-2 (10-15 1-15) to Adi; Erdan Lin Liwen lost 1-2 (15-10, 0-15, 7-15) to Zogo' egg reversal; One-Double Chen Kang/Chen Hongyong lost 0-2 (9-15 6-15) to Ymaiki/Subagia; Ershuang Jiang Xin/Huang Zhanzhong lost 1-2 (12-15, 15-9, 7-15) to Guo Hongyuan/Bangbang; and Sandan Liu Jianjun lost 0-2 (9-15, 6-15) to Albi.
In the whole game, the Chinese team only relied on the second single and the second double to win 1 set each. The reason for the team's big defeat was that the replacement of the old and the new was not done well, and after Zhao Jianhua, Li Yongbo, Tian Bingyi and other famous players retired, Dong Jiong and other newcomers failed to take over in time.
In the semifinals of the women's team, the Chinese team lost 0-5 to the South Korean team.
Facing the powerful South Korean players, Ms. Yi shan ye lost 0-2 (11-12, 10-12) to Fang Baxian; erdan Han Jingna also fought to the end, but the strength was not good, 0-2 (1-11, 10-12) lost to Luo Jingmin; a pair of Chen Ying/Wu Yuhong lost 0-2 (9-15, 7-15) to Zheng Suying/Ji Yongya; the fledgling two-double Ge Fei/Gu Jun lost 0-2 (12-15, 12-15) to Zhang Huiyu/Shen Wanting; three singles Tang Jiuhong 0-2 (6-11). 3-11) Defeated By Li Xingshun.
The reason for the failure of the women's group is similar to that of the boy group, that is, the new and old replacements are not done well. Although Ms. Ye showed the potential to become a world-class, she was still too naïve after all, and lost on the key points. Later, Ge Fei/Gu Jun, who remained almost undefeated in foreign competitions, was still very young at the time, not only losing in the team, but also only winning the bronze medal in the single event, watching the South Korean players win the championship and runner-up.
The Hiroshima Asian Games was Li Yongbo's first major tournament since he became the head coach of The Chinese badminton team, and his dismal results put him under great pressure. However, he persevered, and also found the Chinese team's ace project - women's doubles. Under the guidance of Li Yongbo's "preference", Ge Fei/Gu Jun won the first Olympic gold medal of the Chinese badminton team at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games.
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