Lin Dan has won two Olympic titles, but he is not the first men's singles athlete to win an Olympic title, and this honor belongs to Ji Xinpeng.
Ji Xinpeng, male, Han ethnicity, born on December 30, 1977, from Shacheng District, Jingzhou City, Hubei Province, Olympic champion, former main member of the Chinese men's badminton team.
Badminton men's singles champion at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. It was also China's first Olympic badminton men's singles champion.
However, from the usual record, Ji Xinpeng is not prominent.
1996 National Championships, men's singles 5th place; 1999 China Open, men's singles 5th place;
1999 Dutch Open, men's singles runner-up; 2000 Swiss Open, men's singles runner-up;
2000 All England Open Badminton Championships, Men's Singles 3rd; 2000 Japan Open, Men's Singles Champion;
Since 1996, the only thing That Ji Xinpeng has been able to come up with is a weightless Japanese Open men's singles champion. But you must know that among the players of his generation, Sun Jun and Chen Hong are both Demon King-level beings. If according to today's competition system, an association can only have two players participating, Ji Xinpeng may not be able to participate in the Olympic Games.
But no coincidence, the Olympic Games in 2000 had three places, and Li Yongbo just gave him the last place, and there is no doubt that among these three, the previous best result was only the 2000 Japan Open champion Ji Xinpeng, of course, the most unpopular one. But in the end, Li Yongbo inadvertently achieved a good story and chose the first world champion.
Because it is the third place and is not optimistic, Ji Xinpeng has relatively no psychological pressure. After the start of the game, he showed excellent competitive state, giving full play to his advantages of young physical strength and excellent ball holding in the backcourt. Compatriots Sun Jun, Xia Xuanze, Indonesia's Daofei, Denmark's Gade, Indonesia's Ye Chengwan, the top players of the five international fame were all beheaded by Ji Xinpeng.
The two most classic battles are PittGaide in the semi-finals and Ye Chengwan in the final.
Pitt Gad, one of the Four Heavenly Kings, is on a par with Lin Dan, but was beaten half to death by Ji Xinpeng in the semifinals.
From a technical and tactical point of view, Pitt Gad in 99 is already a full-fledged player. But unfortunately, after his knee surgery, the level of competition was obviously down a notch. Moreover, he was blinded by Ji Xinpeng in the slow heat of the field, and when he returned to his senses, he was already powerless to return to heaven.
Ye Chengwan is also very strong, a member of the 98+00 Tang Cup champion and coach Li Zongwei in the Rio cycle (don't forget that Li won Lin in this cycle). Then, the typical Indonesian slow heat player Ye Chengwan, before the starting style was laid out, was knocked to the ground by Ji Xinpeng, who had passed the pole early on the field and fled on the field.
The spirited Ye Chengwan took the knife in his hand and cut down the powerful Xia Xuanze, but finally lost to the unknown Ji Xinpeng. I don't know what he thought, but the expression on his face at the end of the award may say something.
Regarding Ji Xinpeng, there is no highlight performance after 00 years. It can be said that this is the only time in my career. Tang Laodu said, "This child is usually not very good, just this time it is better"
But sometimes, a good time is enough, as long as it is the key one.