Now that the fierce battle of the Tokyo Olympics is in full swing, the Olympic athletes are also competing for gold and silver on the field to win glory for the country. On top of the Tokyo competition, there are two Jingzhou athletes who are fighting for their goals, one is the badminton player Chen Long, and the other is the gymnast Guan Chenchen.
So before the Tokyo Olympics, how many Olympic champions did Jingzhou have?
There are 3 in total. They are Ji Xinpeng, the badminton men's singles champion at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, Jiang Fuying, the women's 50m butterfly champion at the 2008 Paralympic Games, and Chen Long, the badminton men's singles champion at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
Ji Xinpeng
When it comes to badminton, the most well-known may be Lin Dan and Chen Long, in fact, Ji Xinpeng from Jingzhou has made no less contribution to the Chinese team than the previous two. And he is also the mentor of Lin Dan and Chen Long, it can be said that the achievements of the two have a lot to do with Ji Xinpeng.
Today, I will talk to you about the legendary life of Ji Xinpeng and explain how he passed from obscurity to creating the history of national feathers.
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Ji Xinpeng is a native of Shashi, Jingzhou, Hubei Province, and Jingzhou is famous as the "hometown of badminton". When Ji Xinpeng was 7 years old, he was discovered by the coach of Jingzhou Sports School and brought to the sports school for badminton training. At the age of 12, he represented Shacheng District in the National Badminton Amateur Championships, and was favored by Xiamen badminton coaches for his outstanding performance, bringing Ji Xinpeng to Xiamen for training. Later, Jingzhou Housheng Zi Chen Long and Gong Weijie were also brought to Xiamen, possibly related to Ji Xinpeng.
In 1996, Ji Xinpeng entered the national second team, but because of his introverted personality, he did not receive the attention of the coach and was an obscure young player in the team. After the badminton legend Tang Xianhu took charge of the men's singles, he was discovered by Tang Xianhu and grew rapidly under his coaching.
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On the eve of the 2000 Sydney Olympics, The National Feathers are preparing to participate in the Olympic Men's Singles Personnel. At that time, the national team had 3 places to participate, and Sun Jun and Chen Hong in the same era belonged to the existence of the Demon King level in the international arena at that time. The other two places are given to Sun Jun, and one is given to Xia Xuanze, so who is the other place for?
At that time, there were 5 people running, and many people thought it was Chen Hong, after all, Chen Hong was far greater than Ji Xinpeng in terms of seniority and fame. Ji Xinpeng himself did not have any chance of winning, but Li Yongbo, the head coach of badminton at the time, considered that Ji Xinpeng's foreign competition results were very good, and decided to leave this precious place to him.
Because he is the third place, the expectations of the outside world for him are not high, but it makes him play very easily. In the end, Sun Jun, Xia Xuanze, Indonesia's Daofei, Denmark's Gade, Indonesia's Ye Chengwan, and the top players of the five internationally renowned players were all beheaded by Ji Xinpeng.
PittGaide in the semifinals is one of the "Four Heavenly Kings" in the badminton world, and Ye Chengwan in the final is also the coach of Li Zongwei later.
Ji Xinpeng won the championship
In the end, Ji Xinpeng created the history of national badminton, won the 2000 Sydney Olympic Badminton Men's Singles Championship, and was also China's first Olympic Badminton Men's Singles Champion. Since then, Kuniyu has begun to embark on the road of hegemony!
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="18" > the rapids retreated, but Lin Dan "beat the teacher"</h1>
After winning the championship in Sydney, Ji Xinpeng withdrew from the national team in 2002 and was transferred to the coaching staff of the national first team in 2005. During the preparation for the Beijing Olympic Games, two outstanding badminton players were trained and coached, Lin Dan and Chen Long. Before Lin Dan prepared for the Olympic Games in 2008, he worked as a coach to assist in Lin Dan's training.
That is also this year, Ji Xinpeng came to a turning point in his life - "Beating The Master's Gate". According to Lin Dan's later autobiography and the media reports of that year, we can get a glimpse of it.
After 13 years, a website still has the special report of that year
On April 8, 2008, the national badminton team organized a badminton simulation match for the Tangyou Cup, and many media reporters were also present at the time.
At that time, it was divided into two groups for confrontation, Lin Dan, Chen Long and other team members were Group A; Teammates such as Chen Jin and Bao Chunlai were Group B. The first 4 sets were tied 2:2, the last match was played by the third men's singles of the two groups, and finally Lin Dan's group of Chen Long won, and as a result, Coach Zhong Bo made a mistake, thinking that Chen Long was Bao Chunlai's group, and thought that Group B won. Ji Xinpeng was an assistant coach at the time, and he was passing on the results of coach Zhong Bo.
As a result, Lin Dan's group was more serious about the simulation competition, and he was also young and vigorous at that time. According to Lin Dan's autobiography, he shouted from a distance: "How is it possible?" ”
Then Ji Xinpeng may feel that there are so many media present, he is also an Olympic champion and a coach, his face is also a little hanging, and the voices on both sides are a little louder. Two days later, a media in Shenzhen released the news of the so-called Lin Dan's "beating up the teacher's door", which was once boiling on the eve of the Olympic Games.
Finally, in order to take into account the overall situation, Ji Xinpeng chose to leave the national team and return to the place where he grew up, Xiamen, and continue to shine in the sports career. After this incident, both parties said that there was no fight, but the voice was louder at that time, and some media chased the wind and took the picture out of context, which was the main reason for the bigger and bigger things.
Subsequently, Lin Dan won the gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games and continued to defend his title in London four years later. His disciple Chen Long also won a bronze medal in London, and four years later in Rio, he won a gold medal. After winning the championship, Chen Long also went to thank his mentor on purpose.
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Although Ji Xinpeng has bid farewell to his once beloved badminton career, his proud protégé, Chen Long, who is also a native of Shashi, Jingzhou, is still fighting at the Tokyo Olympic Games, attacking his second men's singles Olympic gold medal. I'm sure I'll be incredibly proud of it!
In the men's singles group stage on July 25, Chen Long won the opening goal by beating Estonia's Muster 2-0. Today will be against Spain's Avian, hoping to play a good result and win glory for the country!
Come on, the people of Jingzhou support you!