In April 2017, Li Yongbo stepped down as the head coach of Chinese badminton. No one expected that Li Yongbo's departure would lead to a glorious era of Chinese badminton.
On April 12, 2024, 7 years after Li Yongbo stepped down, Chinese badminton like the "Li Yongbo era" finally returned. Is it true?
Men's Singles: Shi Yuqi, Jonatan, Li Shifeng, Kodai Naraoka and Lin Junyi;
#[12)[12),#【1)#:#2,2, Han Yue, He Bingjiao, Wang Zhiyi;
Men's Doubles: Leung Wai Hang/Wang Chang, Lee Zhehui/Yeung Po Hin, Xie Dingfeng/Su Wei Yi, Wu Shifei/Yi Zudin;
Women's Doubles: Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan, Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu, Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning, Bai Ha Na/Lee So Hee and Mayu Matsumoto/Wakana Nagahara;
Pages: Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong, Seo Seung Jae/Choi Yoo Ji and Dechapol/Sasiri Victors, Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping, Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin.
The day before, the national feather 14 seats reached the top 8, and this round of matches was very coincidental, without a civil war, the national feather won 13 of the 14 games, and won 13 of the 20 top 4 seats, accounting for 65%. Ironically, the only losers were Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi, who were in a bid for a ticket to the Paris Olympics, who lost 2-0 to Xie Dingfeng/Su Weiyi.
In the men's singles, Shi Yuqi defeated the new world champion Kunlavut 22-20, 21-13, and Li Shifeng defeated the once-nemesis Ginting 21-9, 21-10, and the Chinese men's singles really rose again.
Needless to say, the women's singles of China 4 women's singles won the top 4 of the Asian Championships. He Bingjiao 2-0 An Xiying, Han Yue 2-0 Akane Yamaguchi, can be called a miracle.
Although only one pair of men's doubles broke into the top 4, in the early stage of Li Yongbo's era, the men's doubles were not very strong.
In Women's Doubles and Mixed Doubles, we were three pairs to reach the semi-finals. This is even a bit stronger than the flavor of Li Yongbo's era. Among them, Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu 21-7, 21-16 Matsuyama Nawei/Shida Chiyo, played better than Fanchen, Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin 21-17, 21-13 Yuta Watanabe/Arisa Higashino, played no worse than IELTS.
Today, the national feather is not any stronger, but a full-scale outbreak and a victory across the board.
Why did the national feather perform so well this time?
First, after a long period of physical recovery and systematic training before the Asian Championships. And our opponents, all England played harder than us, and some of them later went to play the Swiss Open and the Spanish Masters.
The second is that the opponent is more or less injured. Such as An Seying and Akane Yamaguchi.
The third is the advantage of the home field.
Fourth, it is probably the most important factor. Today He Bingjiao 2-0 An Xiying made a good start, and then Han Yue 2-0 Akane Yamaguchi once again boosted the spirit of the whole team, and after Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu defeated Matsuyama Nawei/Shida Chiyo again, in the following games, the morale of the national feather was uncontrollable and invincible.
Of course, the game is not over yet, and this is only the Asian Championships, and it is not yet the time to open the champagne, so you can't rejoice too early. It depends on how many championships the national feather can win in the end, and how many championships and runners-up can be won.
Now it seems that in an Olympic year, anything can happen.