Recently, in the World Badminton Youth Championships held in Spain, there was an exciting scene for all Chinese fans, and four five-star red flags were raised at the same time, which seems to be the first time in the history of Chinese athletes participating in the World Championship. This is the award ceremony of the mixed doubles event, China's 4 pairs of 8 young players performed brilliantly, won the championship, runner-up and third place, and 2 pairs of results tied for third, then there was a rare scene at the award ceremony, raising 4 five-star red flags at the same time, but also initially dispelled fans' worries about the successor of Guoyu, and to achieve such excellent results, Zhang Jun, as the head coach of Chinese badminton, is undoubtedly indispensable!
In the past 20 years, Guoyu has reached a very glorious stage, once achieving the feat of winning five gold medals at the Olympic Games. However, as the old batch of athletes such as Lin Dan, Chen Long, and Fengyun Group bid farewell to the arena, the competitiveness of Guoyu has seriously declined. At the Tokyo Olympics last year, although Guoyu successfully reached the finals of 5 events, it only won 2 gold medals, of which Chen Yufei defeated Dai Ziying to win the women's singles championship, but the process was very thrilling, if it were not for the opponent's poor psychological quality, the result of the match was really difficult to say.
The veteran Chen Long reached the men's singles final, the process was full of twists and turns, and it can also be seen that his body is very heavy, and the fierce competition over the years has overwhelmed him. In the end, Chen Long faced the young and strong and skilled Axelon, basically did not have the strength to fight back, and Guoyu's record of winning the men's singles championship at the Olympic Games for three consecutive times since Lin Dan was also ended. In both men's doubles and women's doubles, the national badminton players have the strength to win the championship, but they have not reached the point of completely crushing their opponents, so a series of influences such as mentality, physical condition, and off-court factors have caused both pairs to lose the final.
At that time, the only thing that could reassure Chinese fans was the mixed doubles, and Guoyu had two top pairs, Wang Yilu / Huang Dongping and Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong, the former did not disappoint and successfully won the gold medal. Now it seems that the national mixed doubles combination is not without reason, through the performance of this World Youth Championship, the reserve reserve of national badminton mixed doubles is very sufficient, and 8 young players shine on the field, which also means that even if the two main pairs of main pairs grow older and gradually fade out of the field, these young people can rise in time.
However, compared with the past, the overall strength of Guoyu has dropped several notches, and there is no absolute advantage except for mixed doubles. Therefore, in future international competitions, the coaching staff headed by Zhang Jun should be prepared to temporarily ignore the results, so that more young players can be exercised, rather than overusing old players and champion players for the medals and rankings in front of them, otherwise in 2 or 3 years, Guoyu will fall into the same embarrassing situation as the national table tennis men's team and the Chinese women's volleyball team. Of course, judging from the performance of the mixed doubles players in this World Youth Championships, the renewal of national badminton is gradually beginning, and I believe that the coaching staff can cultivate more young talents.