When it comes to the city of Odense, not many people probably know about it. It is the third largest city in Denmark and the home of the world-famous fairy tale king Hans Christian Andersen. Known as "the happiest city in the world" and home to The Tokyo Olympic Badminton Men's Singles Champion Acelon.
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Crazy infatuated with Chinese culture, will memorize "Mencius", once did Lin Dan's translation
Acelon, whose real name is Victor Asalsen, was born on 4 January 1994 in Odense, Denmark, and is 27 years old and 1.94 meters tall (don't think tall, the average height of Danish men is about 1.84 meters).
Most of the Chinese know him from the men's singles final defeat chen long, in fact, his fate with China is quite long, at the age of 13, he followed his father to Beijing to participate in badminton exchanges and studies, and was deeply moved by the profound Chinese culture at once, and by the way, he also purchased a panda cartoon, which his father has been cherishing.
After returning to China, Acetron went crazy in order to learn Chinese, and asked his father to open a room full of all the information about China. His father was also very supportive of him, and immediately found a Chinese teacher to be a Chinese teacher, and by the way, he asked the teacher to give him a loud Chinese name - Acesaron, "An" is his family's surname (transliteration, reference to Hans Christian Andersen), "Sai Long" is the meaning of hoping to beat the national feather "Chinese dragon". It can be seen that both father and son have high hopes for their future careers!
Under the guidance of the teacher, he began to learn from Hanyu Pinyin, worked hard and seriously, and even when he went out to compete, he would take time to let the teacher teach online. Sometimes in order to practice listening, he even listens to Chinese channels or Chinese songs between driving.
We all know that Chinese is one of the most difficult pronunciations in the world to learn, but the world is most afraid of serious words. It took More than a year for Acesaron to finally understand most of the daily Chinese and simply communicate with people; it took another 3 years to finally practice an authentic Beijing dialect, even the "Erhuayin" is not in the words.
In 2015, at a business event on the eve of the Danish Open Badminton Championships, in order to test his Chinese level, he took the initiative to act as a translator for idol Lin Dan. However, the Speed of Speech of the Fujian people is so fast that Acesaron is overwhelmed, always just finishing the previous sentence, forgetting the next sentence, and later being "ridiculed" by Super Dan - is it more difficult than playing with me?
But he was not discouraged, and he was more engaged in learning Chinese. A year later, on May 16, 2016, after Playing the Soup Cup, Anselong Chinese in the face of the Chinese media show - "Therefore, the heavens will descend on the Slovak people, they must first suffer their hearts, work their bones, and starve their bodies..." This famous passage from the Chinese "Yasheng" Mencius was recited fluently by him, directly shocking the Chinese reporters!
The Acetron family poses for a group photo with the family of the Chinese ambassador to Denmark
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He worshipped Bao Chunlai and once wanted to pursue the first beauty of The National Feather
For a long period of study and exchange with Guoyu, Acetron has gained the friendship of many Chinese opponents. Acetron is especially willing to compete in China because he can use Chinese at any time, "When I compete in China, everyone is my teacher, because I can speak Mandarin, and everyone is very kind to me." ”
Because of the reputation of "Chinese level eight", during the game, many Chinese players and fans will greet each other in a friendly manner and chat when they meet.
For example, Lin Dan in the previous article is not only an idol, but also an opponent, or a friend. Of Chen Long, Acelon said: "I am very good with Chen Long in private, even though we are opponents on the field. In addition, Wang Mingming, a men's singles player from Guangzhou, will also find the difference between "Beijing dialect and Cantonese" with Acelon whenever he has time.
Although Super Dan is his idol, Anselong really worships Bao Chunlai, probably because the two are of similar stature (Bao Chunlai is 1.9 meters tall) and have similar playing styles.
Once, both of them participated in the Soup Cup, but the competition was just 1 day apart, and Acesaron did not see the idol Buddha, and also went to Bao Chunlai's arena photo wall to gaze for a long time. Unfortunately, Bao Chunlai retired early, and the two did not have a record of fighting, but this did not prevent each other from privately "fighting" on Weibo.
Because Acelon was tall and handsome, looked like a beautiful boy next door, coupled with superb ball skills and first-class balls, he soon became the focus of discussion among the national women's singles players. Once several female players of the Chinese team were talking about Anselong's height outside the elevator, and suddenly the elevator door opened, and Anseron smiled and greeted them with a Chinese, the scene was once "very embarrassing", but this helped him successfully break into the opposite sex.
Wang Yihan, guest host
When warming up, Acelon talked to Chen Long when he had nothing to do, "by the way" to find a women's singles senior beauty queen Yihan rubbed words, over time, the two people became good friends. According to Anselong, Wang Yihan is the person who interacts with him the most among all the women's singles players.
Wang Yihan in the competition
At the 2015 Danish Open Badminton Championships, Acelon "accidentally" said a sentence in front of reporters: "Because I am not a competitor, I talk to Wang Yihan about a very lifely topic, she is a very interesting person." ”
The reporter hurriedly asked: Your popularity is getting higher and higher, do you have a girlfriend?
Anseron laughed and replied: Because I have been busy with the game, I don't have time to find a girlfriend now. However, not having a girlfriend doesn't mean having no goals, and I want to find a Chinese girlfriend.
The reporter also joked: Do you consider letting Wang Yihan be his girlfriend?
Arcelor was embarrassed for a moment, but for the sake of his sweetheart's honor, he quickly denied it.
A year later, on September 15, 2016, Wang Yihan, the world champion of national feathers and former women's singles world no. 1, announced his retirement on Weibo, and the two have never seen each other again.
On October 26, 2019, Wang Yihan, who has been single, suddenly posted his marriage certificate and announced that he had officially entered the marriage hall, and her husband was Gu Zhengyun, a member of the Shanghai badminton team, and Wang Yihan had the same birthday on the same day, one year younger than Wang Yihan. In the same year, her teammate Li Xuerui married men's singles player Qiao Bin.
Chen Long and Wang Shixian
Two years ago, in November 2017, her teammate Wang Shixian and the male single Chen Long also posted a marriage certificate. Since then, the "two kings and one Li" representing the Chinese women's single era have all the famous flowers.
Anseron's wish to be a Chinese son-in-law was stopped, but he later found Natalia, who is 1 meter 8 tall (Wang Yihan 1 meter 78) and the number one beauty in the Danish women's singles, as his girlfriend according to the standard of "dream lover", and became a spoiled wife demon, spending 6.35 million yuan in 2019 to buy a villa for his girlfriend, and now the two have a daughter and a happy life.
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Having defeated Lin Dan 3 times, the Danish fairy tale finally realized the dream of Tokyo
The Dane's strength should not be underestimated, he has defeated Super Dan 3 times -
In 2015, in the quarterfinals of the Danish Open Badminton Championships, Arcelor took only 36 minutes to drop two straight sets and eliminated Super Dan. He was only 21 years old.
In 2016, at the Rio Olympics, Arcelong defeated Lin Dan 2-1.
In 2017, at the World Badminton Championships, Arcelor defeated Lin Dan 2-0.
He was once known as the Golden Boy of Denmark and the European Supernova (the hope of the whole village), and it is no accident that he won the gold medal by defeating Chen Long this time.
Although in this Olympic Games, Arcelong won the "Double Dragon Club" with Chen Long, in the 19 previous matches between the two, Chen Long won 14 and lost 5. You know, in May of this year, Arcelor was also infected with the new crown and had to withdraw before the final of the European Championship. Why? I think there are 3 reasons.
First, the way of playing is mutually exclusive. Anselong worships Bao Chunlai, and even the playing style has the shadow of Bao Chunlai, and is more domineering; on the contrary, Chen Long's "healthy" defensive counterattack style has been controversial, as if he will only blindly wait for the other party's mistakes to score, no wonder some fans classify him as a representative of "men's playing style and femininity". But Chen Long also felt very aggrieved, and he said in an interview: The reason why I fight like this is because this is the only way I can win.
Second, physical fitness. Chen Long is 5 years older than Anselong, rarely participates in international competitions in recent years, is in a slump, but only with tenacious will and experience in the old way to reach the final; and Arcelong's physical reserves are obviously more sufficient, jumping up and smashing is like standing on the 2nd floor and throwing bricks down, full of strength, making Chen Long look at the ball and sigh.
Third, the blood bubbles on Chen Long's feet affected the play, and there were several balls that could be caught but could not be done; and Acelon was in excellent condition, running more actively, without dead ends, and the momentum was like the sun.
In any case, the development of the world of badminton is forward, and we want to see the diversification of the technology trend.
Congratulations to Arcelor, congratulations to Chen Long, I hope that the two pairs of feather tan couples will raise your little baby well, 20 years later, we will go to see the peak showdown of the second generation together!