Guoyu said goodbye en masse: tearfully sent away 5 famous players, 4 world champions retired, and 1 was only 28 years old
Guoyu said goodbye en masse: tearfully sent away 5 world champions, 2 major Olympic champions retired, it is difficult to say goodbye
Sudirman Cup, finally with the last laugh of Guoya! While the Chinese badminton team won three consecutive championships, it added another sum to the number of championships in the history of the Sudirman Cup, leading with 13 championships! The Chinese badminton team finally won the championship, and the four veterans who held the retirement ceremony in Suzhou also breathed a sigh of relief! Because Guoya has successfully completed the replacement of the old and the new! It also means that the inheritance of the veterans has been handed over!
There are four retirement ceremonies held in Suzhou this time, namely Rio Olympic champion Chen Long, London and Rio Olympic champion Zhang Nan, world champion Liu Cheng, and Tokyo Olympic runner-up Li Junhui. In addition, another national player has also withdrawn from the national team, he is Tokyo Olympic champion Wang Yilu!
Chen Long, who participated in three Olympic Games, won a bronze medal in his London debut, won a championship in Rio against Li Zongwei, and won a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics. He is also the first player in Olympic history to win medals in three consecutive Olympic Games. At the 2014 and 2015 World Championships, Chen Long won the championship. At the same time, it also reached the top of the world! He is also one of the most successful players in Chinese badminton after Lin Dan! After returning from the Tokyo Olympics, Chen Long basically faded out of the arena! This time appeared in Suzhou, as an expert group, to help the Chinese badminton team!
Zhang Nan, the king of Chinese doubles events! He reached the top of the mixed doubles with Zhao Yunlei at the London Olympics, and the men's doubles with Fu Haifeng at the Rio Olympics. World Championships, Asian Championships, Asian Games, Sudirman Cup, Thomas Cup and other open tournaments, Zhang Nan and his partner have gained countless doubles events!
Liu Cheng, who once formed the men's doubles with Zhang Nan, won the gold medal at the 2017 World Championships. The 28-year-old Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen formed the men's doubles championship at the 2018 World Championships, and at the Tokyo Olympics, the pair unfortunately won the silver medal! And Wang Yilu, who once formed mixed doubles with Huang Dongping, won the championship at the Tokyo Olympics. And their mixed doubles pair, after Zheng Siwei got married, was once regarded as Guoyu's first mixed doubles. But unfortunately, Wang Yilu chose to withdraw from the national team due to injury! With Guoyu's current situation, it is unlikely that Wang Yilu will return again!
Indeed, this year's Sudirman Cup, the Chinese badminton team is eye-catching! In mixed doubles, although the combination of Huang Dongping and Feng Yanzhe still needs to work hard, the IELTS combination has reached its peak both in terms of technology and experience! After the men's single, after Chen Long, Shi Yuqi was originally the best hope, but for some reason he was suspended internally. Returning again, Shi Yuqi is more calm in mentality! In the women's singles event, Chen Yufei is still in good shape after winning the championship in Tokyo! In the men's doubles event, the men's doubles became the key to defeating Japan to advance to the final! In the women's doubles event, the mortal dust combination is the cornerstone! There are people to follow! No matter how reluctant you are, you can only send away the four veterans with tears! I hope that Guoyu can continue to work hard and continue to write brilliantly at the Paris Olympics!