October 21, 2021, is Datuk Lee Chung Wai's 39th birthday. Li Zongwei, together with Gade, Lin Dan and Tawfik, is known as the Four Heavenly Kings of the International Badminton.
As long as the "uncrowned king" is mentioned, fans will definitely be the first to think of Li Zongwei.
As a Malaysian national treasure player, Lee Chung Wai has set a number of records in his career, he is the player with the longest number of weeks (350 weeks) in the world in 5 badminton events, he is the guinness men's singles fastest kill time (417KM/H) world record holder, he is the player with the most super series titles in history (46), he is the first player in badminton history to collect 12 super championships...
Li Zongwei has reached the final of the World Series 8 times in his career, but he has always been isolated from the world champion, winning silver in three consecutive Olympic Games, winning four silver medals at the World Championships (the runner-up of the 2014 World Championships was cancelled due to the prohibition of drugs), and once the Thomas Cup and one Asian Games were also runners-up. Li Zongwei lost to his lifelong enemy Lin Dan in the finals of the two World Championships and the Olympic finals, lost to Chen Long in the Olympic finals once, lost to Chen Long in the finals of the two World Championships, plus a defeat in the Tang Cup final, and played the World Series final without a single victory, which was called "the uncrowned king" by fans.
Although fans like to call Lee Chung Wai Datuk, some fans do not yet understand the meaning of "Datuk". Datuk is a title obtained by some meritorious people in Malaysia, and the criteria for canonization are outstanding contributions to the country, but they must be recommended by members of the royal family and the government.
In the past, it generally referred to the title of the highest chief executive of a province or a state in Malaysia, equivalent to the governor of a province in China, or a governor of the United States. In Malaysia and Brunei, "Dato" is a title under the honorary system, without hereditary or fiefdom powers, and is a symbolic lifetime honorary status.
In Malaysia, Lee Set a Precedent for Athletes to Be canonized as Dato. In 2008, Li Zongwei returned home after winning the silver medal in the badminton event at the Beijing Olympics, and was knighted as Datuk. At that time, Li Zongwei's canonization also caused a lot of controversy because it broke the rule that the title of "Datuk" was only awarded to people over the age of 30. The wife of the prime minister who loves badminton, Rosma, personally accepted the canonization of Li Zongwei.
After the Rio 2016 Olympics, Lee Washuh was crowned Datuk Willa, a higher rank than Dato' and second only to Dato's Seri. Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohd was datuk Seri when he was in office.
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