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The son of Chinese badminton Olympic and world champion couple Chen Long and Wang Shixian celebrated their 4th birthday, and his parents posted photos of the little one to celebrate his son's birthday. Wang Shixian also posted a family photo taken by a family of three, and the three of them all dressed in black laughed happily.
Chen Long and Wang Shixian are a pair of world champion couples who have achieved positive results in the Chinese national badminton team, after eight years of long-distance love, they got married in November 207, and in June 2019, Wang Shixian successfully gave birth to a son, and the two were upgraded to become parents.
Originally, Chen Long planned to participate in the Hangzhou Asian Games and impact the Asian Games singles gold medal that he failed to get, but with the postponement of the Hangzhou Asian Games for a year, Chen Long finally chose to retire. Wang Shixian is the women's singles champion of the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games, the youngest badminton champion in the history of the Asian Games. She has the Asian Games singles gold medal that Chen Long longed for.
Wang Shixian became a teacher at Beijing Sports University after retiring, Chen Long did not leave badminton after leaving the court, he founded a badminton tournament named after himself with a sponsor, and was invited to be a member of the expert group of the Chinese team during the Su Cup, guiding the men's singles team to prepare for the competition.
Chen Long has also spent more time on his family in the past two years, accompanying his son to grow up day by day. On the occasion of their son's fourth birthday, Chen Long and Wang Shixian took their son to take a birthday photo, and the family of three also took a family photo and smiled happily. Chen Long and his son Xiaocafe are wearing black suits, and Wang Shixian is wearing a black suspender dress that looks super good, Chen Long holds his son's little hand with one hand and his wife Wang Shixian's shoulder with the other, which is very sweet.
◤ Sudirman Cup Badminton Tournament ◢ It's hard to say goodbye Chen Long said goodbye on social media
After the quarterfinals of the Sudirman Cup in Suzhou, more than 6,000 spectators are still waiting to witness the retirement ceremony of four former Chinese national team players, Chen Long, Zhang Nan, Liu Cheng and Li Junhui.
After the retirement ceremony, the 34-year-old Rio Olympic men's singles champion Chen Long then posted on Weibo to say goodbye to leaders, teammates and fans, and officially retired.
Chen Long said: "Hello leaders, coaches, my teammates, fans and friends. Today, I decided to end my career as an athlete in the national team, and it was a difficult moment for me to say "goodbye" all the time. At this special moment, I want to say thank you to the Chinese badminton team, my family, and the fans. ”
"Thanks to the development of the national team, I have the opportunity to play for my country. I have spent 17 years in the national team, which is the most precious time in my life, and the glorious and combative collective of the Chinese badminton team has taught me how to be a person, do things, and do business. ”
"Badminton is the love of my life, I am very lucky to be able to wear the national team jersey to fight for my country, because not all dreams can come true, thank you for everything that badminton has given me: I have participated in three Olympic Games, collected tricolor medals, two gold medals at the World Championships, won three Thomas Cup and won five Sudirman Cups. ”
"At this moment, I should perhaps forget the honors I have achieved, remember the experience and process of obtaining these honors, and I am willing to share my experience with the young players, so that they can grow faster and win glory for the country. ”
In the end, he said: "In the coming days, I will move forward happily, no regrets, only gratitude, I will continue to strive for the development and strength of badminton, I wish the national team good results in this Su Cup!"