May 30 news, former national badminton team player Zhou Mi was interviewed recently, in addition to talking about the current situation of national badminton, but also boldly exposed some of Li Yongbo's "scandals" that year.
First of all, after 17 years, she recalled the women's singles semifinals of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, when she was in good shape, and teammate Zhang Ning broke into the semifinals together, when both of them were at their peak, if they went head-to-head, each went all out, Zhou Mi still had a certain chance of winning, but Li Yongbo arranged zhou mi to deliberately give the ball to Zhang Ning before the game to ensure Zhang Ning's physical fitness, the reason was that Zhang Ning's strength was stronger at that time, and finally Zhang Ning entered the final and won the Olympic championship, and Zhou Mi won the third place, which had a great impact on her. She said, "At that time, I was reluctant, but I still obeyed the arrangements of my superiors, and I am still unwilling and full of regrets."
In addition, Zhou Mi also said that he was asked by his superiors to give the ball many times during his career, and he was aggrieved and obedient, and in 2006, when Zhou Mi was still at his peak, he of course wanted to impact more honors, but Li Yongbo forced himself to retire, when he did not think much, he obeyed the arrangement.
Letting the ball and being asked to retire can be said to be against Zhou Mi's wishes to a certain extent, like in the national table tennis has also been heard to give the ball a word, many fans have said, "This is actually a bit contrary to the spirit of sportsmanship, competitive sports should give any athlete a reasonable opportunity to compete, rely on strength to win honors, let the ball is indeed very uncomfortable, will affect the future development of athletes to a certain extent"
Zhou Mi was the top strength athlete during Li Yongbo's coaching period, when she and Zhang Ning, Gong Ruina and Xie Xingfang became the "4 Golden Flowers" of Chinese women's singles, of which Zhou Mi was full of honors at her peak, and repeatedly rushed to the first place in the world ranking and was recognized as the first sister of national feathers.
Unfortunately, Zhou Mi was indeed greatly influenced by Li Yongbo's various "unspoken rules", she quickly returned to the taste after the retirement of Guoyu, unwilling to play on behalf of other clubs, the state was hot, and she won multiple sub-station championships in a row, but when she wanted to impact the 2008 Olympic Games, she was not eligible for the competition because of the rule problem, and later she fell into the "drug storm" and was banned for 2 years, coupled with the impact of injuries and age, and had no choice but to retire.
Now that she has been retired for many years, married and had children, she is still engaged in badminton-related careers, living a full and happy life, for the things of that year, although it will be uncomfortable to mention again, but it has been looked down upon a lot.