The 2023 Sudirman Cup is about to kick off in Suzhou! At present, the Indonesian team, the South Korean team, and the Japanese team have all arrived at the venue. The host Chinese team is also in full swing for final preparations. Surprisingly, in order to defend the Su Cup at home, the Chinese coaching staff invited several heavyweight Olympic champions to help, they are head coach Zhang Jun's former mixed doubles gold medal partner Gao Lao, men's doubles world champion Cai Yun and men's singles Olympic champion Chen Long. Judging from the training video of Guoyu released by the media, Gao Wei guided the mixed doubles group, Chen Long guided the men's singles group, and Cai Yun was the technical guide of the women's doubles.
In this regard, netizens have said that with the help of 3 Olympic champions, the Chinese team's defense of the Sudirman Cup is just around the corner. The Sudirman Cup is the highest mixed team event in the world and one of the most important international events of the year. The Chinese team has won the Sudirman Cup 12 times, becoming a well-deserved hegemon in the competition. In this year's Sudirman Cup, head coach Zhang Jun led Zheng Siwei, Shi Yuqi, Chen Yufei, Huang Yaqiong, He Bingjiao and Liu Yuchen to attack the 13th Sudirman Cup trophy in the team's history.
From the perspective of grouping, the overall strength of the Chinese team's opponents in the group stage is not strong. The Singapore and Egyptian teams have obvious shortcomings, and only the Danish team can cause some problems for the Chinese team. In the knockout stage, the Chinese team needs to take on the challenge of Indonesia, Malaysia and Japan. In order to further enhance the players' technical ability and rich competition experience, Guoyu successfully invited two-time Olympic badminton mixed doubles champion Gao Lao, men's doubles Olympic champion Cai Yun and men's singles Olympic champion Chen Long to join the coaching staff to better help players prepare.
In mixed doubles, Sydney Olympic and Athens Olympic champion Gao Song personally coached Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong, Huang Dongping and Feng Yanzhe. Coincidentally, Gao Song is the former mixed doubles partner of Guoyu head coach Zhang Jun, and the two helped Guoyu create a golden age of mixed doubles. In this competition, mixed doubles will be the most crucial point for the Chinese team on the way to the championship, and the "IELTS combination" and "phoenix combination" cannot be lost. Women's doubles is a single event that head coach Zhang Jun is more worried about. It is reported that men's doubles Olympic champion Cai Yun has also been guiding Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan, Zheng Yu and Zhang Shuxian and other players.
With Cai Yun's guidance, I believe that the fanchen group will not disappoint fans in this Sudirman Cup. At the men's singles training ground, the appearance of Olympic champion Chen Long surprised everyone. Judging from the scene picture, Chen Long guided Li Shifeng and others. Previously, the BWF had removed Chen Long's world ranking. In this regard, many netizens analyzed that Chen Long has actually bid farewell to the arena, but it has not been officially announced. In this competition, although Chen Long could not play, he passed on his skills and experience to several juniors and disciples, and continued to "fight" for the Chinese team in another way!
(Luo Treasurer)