The six super-first-class men's singles in the new century, Lin Dan, Li Zongwei, Chen Long, Taufik, Axelsen, and Momota Kento, but the peak of these athletes is not exactly the same, among which Li Zongwei and Chen Long are obviously late forming players, and these two are later than other players.
Li Zongwei's peak should be after the age of 26, although there were also open champions before, but at that time all the media thought that Lin Dan and Taufik were super-first-class, Li Zongwei and Li Xuanyi were of the same grade, Li Zongwei was able to enter the 08 Olympic Games finals completely unexpectedly, and it seems normal to lose the final now, after all, no one was optimistic about Li Zongwei at that time.
Although Li Zongwei's peak was late, it was maintained for a very long time, and he was very confident that he would participate in the Tokyo Olympics, but an accident happened that forced Li Zongwei to retire, even so Li Zongwei has always wanted to make a comeback, but seeing Momota Kento at that time, Li Zongwei himself also lost confidence, maybe he himself felt that he couldn't win Momota Kento if he made a forced comeback, which made Li Zongwei make up his mind to retire.
Chen Long, like Li Zongwei, was not mature when he debuted, at that time he was a player who covered Lin Dan, Chen Long also played offense at the beginning, and later Li Yongbo changed Chen Long's style of play and focused on defense, so that he could better consume the opponent, which is why Chen Long's early games against Lin Dan were all lost.
In 2014, Chen Long won the World Championships and entered his peak, at this time Chen Long was 25 years old, the oldest athlete to win the World Championships for the first time, and the top king generally won the World Championships at the age of 23. Although Chen Long matured late, he maintained his peak for a very long time, and he retired at his peak like Li Zongwei, and his strength was still there when he retired, but he didn't want to retire so much. You must know that Lin Dan retired only after his strength declined, which is not the same as Li Zongwei and Chen Long.
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Although Li Zongwei and Chen Long are relatively late, their peak time is longer than that of other players, and the strength of the two has not declined even if they are old, and many people even think that the older these two are, the stronger they are. Lee Chong Wei was ranked second in the world at the age of 36, and it was normal for Kento Momota to win at home and just made a comeback, after all, Kento Momota was not at his peak at this time. Chen Long lost to Momota Kento twice in 2019, but he himself said that this is already his highest level, in fact, all athletes are not the same, you can't simply think that the older you are, the strength will definitely decline, some athletes are very powerful when they are young, and their strength declines when they are older, but some athletes are more mature in technology when they get older.
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