In the badminton event of the Tokyo Olympic Games, the Chinese badminton team played almost greatly beyond expectations, not only the five events of men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed doubles all entered the final, of which the women's singles and mixed doubles events have won the gold medal, but the men's doubles final combination Li Junhui / Liu Yuchen lost to the Chinese Taipei combination in the final, plus a photo of the two standing far away, or triggered speculation about whether the two were out of harmony due to the relationship, affecting the performance on the field until they lost gold.
In fact, as the only combination of national badminton to participate in the men's doubles competition in badminton, it would have been a very rare opportunity to pass the level and reach the final. However, in the final, the two did not play well, allowing Chinese Taipei players to win easily 2-0, which caused a lot of controversy. Some netizens suspect that the contradictions that the two have not been resolved have let them play a game that is like sleepwalking and no morale in the game. The more extreme keyboard man believes that the two had infighting in the final, but put the national honor aside.
Cai Yun, a national men's doubles legend, after the end of that game, also posted, "The mood is difficult to calm down, no matter whether you win or lose, I have experienced the Beijing Olympics being reversed, the London dream, the team, the responsibility is always higher than the individual, responsibility, when you can appreciate how many people behind you pay for you, you will be desperate." Cai Yun's voice that "the responsibility of the team is always higher than that of the individual" is seen by the outside world as the "corroboration" of the contradiction between Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen.
Recently, some media reported that Li Junhui publicly clarified such rumors, but on social platforms, Li Junhui did not speak out publicly, only Liu Yuchen posted "all out, no retreat, thanks for support" after losing the men's doubles final, but it seems that fans do not buy his statement.
In fact, between the pair, there was indeed a disagreement in the business before, that is, in May this year, Li Junhui publicly stated that "we are more on the field some lines have not reached a consensus, resulting in the outside world may feel that we have a great contradiction, leaving the field we do not have a very bad relationship privately." Li Junhui's statement is very restrained, and the wording in it leaves room for many people to reverie.
The Post-Lin Dan era of Chinese badminton teams, in this Tokyo Olympic Games in all the individual events to reach the final, would have been quite a gratifying thing, which indicates that a new era of Chinese badminton is coming. I hope that Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen will get out of the shadow of defeat as soon as possible, as for the so-called discordant rumors, the two still try to use their next performance on the field to make these rumors self-defeating.