Just won the championship for the country, he was "kicked out" of the national team, helpless to join the foreign but won 11 championships
There is such an athlete who relied on her own efforts to win the open championship for the country, but after returning home, she was expelled from the national team by the coach for the strange reason of lack of height and single playing style. She is a French badminton player.
Pi Hongyan is a native of Sichuan, her lively and innocent and cute personality is very likable, born in an ordinary family, Pi Hongyan should have grown up like most girls, but when she was a child, because of her frailty, her parents sent her to practice badminton, did not think that Pi Hongyan was extremely talented in badminton, although short, but could often win against opponents taller than her.
Pi Hongyan in the training is very hard, in order to be able to make up for the disadvantage brought by height, she is the last person to go out of the training hall, different from the efforts of ordinary people plus she has a very high talent, Pi Hongyan began to shine on the field, often participate in various competitions in the province, winning the championship is a common thing, so at the age of 12, the Sichuan provincial team resolutely recruited her into the army.
This did not make her proud, but inspired her dream of entering the national team, she trained harder and played a brilliant record for the Sichuan team, Huangtian did not pay off, in 1997, Pi Hongyan was officially selected for the national team, to know that in the era of Chinese badminton talents at that time, it was a supreme honor to be selected for the national team.
In the national team, she trains with Ge Fei, Gu Jun, Yang Wei, these future Olympic champions, but not as soon as she joins the national team, she can represent the national team, but it is necessary to go through various qualifiers and knockouts, and Pi Hongyan's biggest dream is to win a world-class competition medal for the country.
With her own foundation, coupled with the mutual guidance between coaches and teammates, Pi Hongyan has gradually reached the level of being able to participate in the World Series, and it can be said that she is just waiting for an opportunity at this time.
2 years later, in the open badminton tournament held in the United States, Pi Hongyan won the opportunity to play for the country through the knockout tournament, although it was not smooth sailing in the Open, Pi Hongyan still relied on her own strength to pass the barrier and win the open championship for the motherland.
This championship is the first world championship won by Pi Hongyan, which is of great significance to her career, and it can be said that through this world championship, Pi Hongyan's dream of being in the world arena has officially started. At that time in the United States, her mind was full of beauty, imagining that she was greeted by the glory and flowers of the motherland.
However, the reality is very cruel, after returning to China, her coach told her that she was not tall and single in play, not suitable for continued development in the national team, so she decided to transfer her back to the Sichuan team.
This was a thunderbolt for Pi Hongyan, who had just won the championship at the time, and even if she had more reluctance, she could not say it, because the coach decided whether she could return to the national team again in the future.
Looking back on this matter until now, it is still absurd to dismiss a world champion just because of lack of height. At that time, Pi Hongyan, who returned to the provincial team, could not even maintain a normal life, with a monthly salary of 600 yuan, plus his injury and could not play a few games, the disappointed Pi Hongyan once had the idea of retiring.
At this time, a Danish badminton club invited her to the Danish Big Club League, at this time she made a decision in the dilemma, to go to Denmark to play, during the danish playing, she was invited to the French national team, which means that she will change her nationality, and even have to fight against the Chinese team.
In France, she quickly regained her form through training and participation in competitions, and in order to facilitate the competition, she joined the French nationality, obtained a French passport, and obtained the qualification to play for France.
In the world-class competition, Pi Hongyan represented France in 11 international competitions, with excellent form and big heart, Pi Hongyan won 11 international women's singles championships, it can be said that the dream that could not be realized in China, now she has done it.
At her peak, she ranked second in the world in the world badminton federation rankings, second only to China's badminton star Zhang Ning. In the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, he represented the French team, returned to the motherland that had been separated for a long time, Pi Hongyan's grievances and love for the motherland over the years emerged, although she failed to win a medal for the French team, she was still very happy, the coach brought her injustice, all of this, this moment can not compete with her love for the motherland.
Today, Pi Hongyan has met the man in France who is willing to take care of her all her life, and her husband is also an athlete, and she runs a badminton school with her husband to teach more people to play badminton. Let us wish Pi Hongyan eternal happiness.