Recently, the height selection criteria formulated by the Yu Association, boys must not be less than 185, girls must not be less than 175, which has aroused the discussion of many netizens. At this time, there was a person who was remembered by everyone, she had won glory for the country but was expelled from the national team because of her short stature, and she had no choice but to win 11 championships after entering the foreign country, and she hit the face of the national feather coaching team fiercely, she was red.
Born in Sichuan in 1979, her parents let her exercise, so at the age of 8, she chose to let her learn to play badminton, and as a result, in less than two years, she successfully entered the provincial team, and at the age of 18, she was successfully selected for the national team with excellent results, and after training in the team for two years, she represented the Chinese team in the US Open Badminton Championships, and won the women's singles championship in one fell swoop, but unfortunately after the game, Pi Hongyan not only did not get any praise, but ushered in her bad news.
Because her coach Wang Junjie was too short with Pi Hongyan's height of 1 meter 64, no development prospects, and her playing style was not innovative enough, she was expelled from the national team, although she was unwilling, but Pi Hongyan could only pack up her things and return to the provincial team. I thought that a player with outstanding strength like her could continue to shine after returning to the provincial team, but what people did not expect was that because she had not returned to the provincial team for too long, almost no games were assigned to her, and she played one or two games a year, so there were only 600 yuan per month, and she had to support her family, in the face of growing prices and pitiful wages, Pi Hongyan was once depressed, and even had the idea of retiring.
At this time, the turning point came, a Club in Denmark noticed that this girl who performed well in the US Open, originally thought that there was no chance of recruitment, but found that she was now in a very depressed situation, so she was immediately invited to play in Denmark, with a salary of at least $1,000 per month, forced by the pressure of life and unwilling to give up badminton, Pi Hongyan agreed. After coming to Denmark, with her strong ability, she successively won a series of international championships such as the German Open, the Portuguese Championship, and the French Open, which also attracted the attention of the French team, so the French team threw an olive branch to Pi Hongyan.
After joining France, she won a number of consecutive championships, and won the French National Championship for 6 consecutive years, in the All England Open, Pi Hongyan only took 38 minutes to beat the last All England champion Martin 11-5 and 11-8, and the world ranking also soared to second, hitting the face of the national coaching staff.
At the 2008 Olympic Games, Pi Hongyan also passed the torch on behalf of the French team in Paris, but in the interview, she said, "I would rather represent China than represent France, a proud torchbearer", and now after retiring, she has become the coach of the French badminton national team, where she met her husband, a sailing world champion. After marriage, the two also gave birth to a pair of children, and life was still very happy.
In fact, just by virtue of height to deny an athlete, this is not correct, such as the standard now formulated by the national feather, boys more than 185, girls more than 175, that Lin Dan, Chen Yufei they are not up to standard, but this does not prevent them from becoming the world's top players, what do you think about this, please leave your opinion in the comment area