Zhang Jun set a goal for the national feather: the Paris Olympics hit all 5 golds! Shi Yuqi needs to overcome the mentality
After the end of the journey of the annual finals of the BWF World Tour in Hangzhou, the 2023 season of the badminton tour has come to an end. The national team gathered in Beijing to continue their winter training, and while summarizing the season, they also began to prepare for the new season, which will come in two weeks. Zhang Jun, chairman of the Chinese Badminton Association and head coach of the national badminton doubles, mentioned in an interview a few days ago that at the Paris Olympics next year, the goal of the national badminton will be to hit all 5 individual gold medals!
In the past 2023 season, the national feather has achieved a lot of achievements and honors, but it has also left a lot of regrets and losses. In Zhang Jun's view, it can be summed up by three key words: reversal, maturity, and expectation. At the Suzhou Sudirman Cup, the national feather achieved three consecutive championships, and at the Hangzhou Asian Games, the men's team won the championship again, showing the strong strength and cohesion of the national feather as a whole in the team competition. The continuous experience and growth of young newcomers have become more and more mature. For the upcoming Paris Olympics, there is greater anticipation.
As Zhang Jun said, according to the current world ranking of the BWF and the points competition of the Paris Olympics, the national feather has been fully qualified in five individual events. However, there are still four months left in the Olympic points competition, and many events will be held one after another, and the changes in the rankings are also changing rapidly, and the national feather cannot tolerate the slightest slack and carelessness. For the situation of the five individual items, Zhang Jun has analyzed them one by one, and he is well aware of the current situation of the team and core players, and he is also taking precautions.
The current core duo of the national feather men's singles is Li Shifeng and Shi Yuqi, and the teenager Li Shifeng has grown rapidly this year, winning the All England Championships and the Asian Games men's singles two championship honors with high gold content, which makes people see the rise of the new brother. The revival of the famous Shi Yuqi also makes people see opportunities, especially in the men's singles tough battle in the semifinals of the Sudirman Cup this year and the year-end finals to defeat the world's No. 1 Axelsen, which shows his heritage, but Zhang Jun believes that Shi Yuqi still needs to overcome the mentality problem in order to stabilize in the top ranks.
In addition, in women's singles, Chen Yufei's transformation also makes people see the opportunities and hopes of the national feather women's singles, but Zhang Jun hopes that the younger generations can grow and rise rapidly, and can impact strong opponents such as South Korean star An Seying and Japanese star Akane Yamaguchi. In men's doubles, the two pairs of national feathers have the strength to compete for the championship, but it depends on who has the better stability. In women's doubles, the results of the Fanchen combination are stable, and how to overcome the fatigue of continuous combat is the top priority for the two older players. The mixed doubles trio pairs, representing the old, middle and young, give full play to their overall advantages and strive for good results.