On May 10, former Chinese badminton women's doubles coach Tian Bingyi said in an interview that he would serve as the head of the coaching team of the national youth team. After Li Yongbo stepped down as head coach in 2017, Tian Bingyi also left the post of deputy head coach.
Tian Bingyi, born in 1963, is 57 years old and his wife is Zhou Jihong, the leader of the diving team. As an athlete, Tian Bingyi partnered with former Chinese team head coach Li Yongbo to win the men's doubles championship at the 1987 and 1989 World Championships, and he was also one of the main players of the Chinese team to win the 1986, 1988 and 1990 Tang Cups, and he retired after winning the men's doubles bronze medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
After retiring, Tian Bingyi began to coach, in charge of women's doubles, brought out the Ge Fei / Gu Jun pair of Wang Bomb, and then cultivated a number of Olympic champions, women's doubles was once the most stable and proud project of national feathers. In 1997, Tian Bingyi became the deputy head coach of the Chinese badminton team. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, the national women's doubles collapsed, and Tian Bingyi suffered Waterloo.
Unlike Li Yongbo, Although Tian Bingyi has faded out of the country after 2017, he is often seen inside and outside the arena and has appeared many times as an advisor. Recently, the national youth team assembled in Lingshui, Hainan, and Tian Bingyi appeared as the head of the coaching team.
The talent gap between the national feather in the London and Rio cycles, coupled with the increase in opponents, the lack of national feathers is more obvious. Zhang Jun, chairman of the Chinese Badminton Association, has also realized the problem, so he invited Tian Bingyi back. Chengdu is currently bidding to host the 2021 Badminton World Youth Championships, and if it can take advantage of the advantages of the host, it is also a good thing to boost the development of the new round of national badminton.
Previously, Zhang Jun had invited back the old coach Li Mao, now in charge of Chen Long, and also invited South Korean coaches Jiang Jingzhen and Liu Yongcheng, with women's doubles and men's doubles respectively. Zhang Jun's boldness in reform is very great, and this time Tian Bingyi blessed him, hoping that the younger generation of Guoyu can have a new leap forward.