On August 28, in the men's singles final of the 2022 World Badminton Championships in Tokyo, Japan, Denmark's Arcelor defeated Thailand's Kunravut 2-0 to win the championship. This is the second time in Acelon's career that he has won the World Championship, the last time was in 2017, when Acelon defeated Lin Dan, the first person in the history of badminton, and after a gap of 5 years, Acelon once again stood on the highest podium at the World Championships.
2022 World Championship Champion
At this World Championship, Arcelor has won 37 consecutive wins in the whole season, breaking the record of 31 consecutive wins created by Lin Dan in 2016, and bringing the All England Open, European Championship, Indonesia Masters, Indonesia Open, Malaysia Open, and World Championship champions into his pocket, showing his strong ability to dominate.
In 2016, Acelon from Andersen's hometown of Odense said during a visit to the Hans Christian Andersen Memorial, "I like The Ugly Duckling the most, I hope that one day I can succeed, and now I am still on the road." ”
Hans Christian Andersen Museum
A year later, Acetron was a huge success. In 2017, Arcelor defeated his idol Lin Dan in the final of the World Badminton Championships to win his first men's singles world championship, and in the same year, he first ascended to the first place in the world ranking of badminton men's singles.
Defeat Lin Dan
In August 2021, in the men's singles final of badminton at the Tokyo Olympic Games, Acesaron defeated China's Chen Long again 21-15, 21-12, and was crowned Olympic champion for the first time.
Defeat the Dragon
Chinese the origin of the name
Acetron's real name is Viktor Axelsen, and the Chinese name about Acesaron was chosen after consulting with Teacher Chinese. "An" is a transliteration of his family name (Axelsen); "Racing" is because you often have to participate in competitions; "Dragon" is because the teacher told him that the dragon is a symbol of the Chinese nation and that men should be like dragons. So it was finally named "Acelon". In October 2020, Acetron's daughter was born, and the Chinese named Anweijia.
He also gave his daughter a Chinese name
Therefore, the choice of the Chinese name of "Acesaron" is definitely not what is interpreted in the anecdote: "in order to defeat Chen Long".
In addition to having a Chinese name of "Pulling Wind", Acelon can also speak fluent Chinese, and can even memorize ancient Chinese poems and sing Chinese songs.
Acelon said he learned Chinese because he wanted to "have the opportunity to chat with Chinese badminton players, learn about their training styles, and learn a lot of different things from them." It seems that Acetron is also well versed in the Chinese art of war of "knowing oneself and knowing the other, and never losing a hundred battles".
From the age of 19, Acelon began to ask Chinese teachers to teach one-on-one online. At that time, I studied for two hours a day and had to complete the relevant homework. He also often uses fragmented time such as cooking, queuing, waiting for the car, and listening to Chinese related programs to consolidate his learning. He also likes to interact with fans on Chinese social platforms, and now Acelon has gained 1.217 million followers on Weibo.
"Arcelor" brand T-shirt
epilogue
Arcelor still learns the training methods of our badminton players and many different things by learning Chinese, and we should also pay attention to Arcelor's opponent and strengthen his research and analysis, the so-called "coming and going without being rude".
The 28-year-old badminton brother, who has already defeated Lin Dan in the world championship final and Chen Long in the Olympic final, will be our strongest opponent in the next few years, and he will be the obstacle for the mainland badminton men's singles player to attack the world championship.
So two years later at the Paris Olympics, will we be able to hold back the pace of Arceloron's defense?