The Chinese badminton team can be called the team that loves lovers the most, and a big reason is Li Yongbo's tolerant attitude, and he has publicly stated that he does not oppose the players from falling in love. Of course, the national team coaching staff still has some unwritten rules, such as "male players should reach 25 years old, female players should reach 23 years old", but the most important one is not to affect the results, do not violate team discipline. The Chinese badminton team is in love with a group of players with better grades, and the coaching team's explanation is that "they can control when they fall in love."
Li Yongbo, then head coach of the Chinese badminton team, has publicly explained many times: "It is a person's right to fall in love at an age, athletes are also people, and we understand their feelings." However, he also stressed, "After all, athletes are also different from ordinary people, and they also shoulder the mission of winning glory for the country." We advocate giving athletes the right to talk about their feelings on the premise of not failing in their mission. "Maybe it's the relatively relaxed atmosphere that makes it easier for the Chinese badminton team to produce couples—
1. Yang Yang & Zheng Yu carp
Yang Yang and Zheng Yuli are the same age, both born in 1963. At that time, Yang Yang was in the team and won almost all the men's singles championships in major competitions. In addition to winning the Asian Championship women's singles championship in 1985, the best result in the World Cup and the World Championships was only the third place, but as the third singles candidate, he participated in two Yu Cups and won the team world championship.
2. Zhao Jianhua & Wu Wenjing
Zhao Jianhua is a well-known Chinese badminton player who won the men's singles championships at the 1985 and 1990 All England Open Badminton Championships, the men's singles champion at the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul and the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing, and the men's singles champion at the 1991 World Badminton Championships. In 1990, Wu Wenjing entered the national team, and she was the sister of Wu Wenkai, another Chinese men's singles player at the time. Due to the relationship between his brother, Wu Wenjing and Zhao Jianhua also had frequent interactions, thus holding hands.
3. Liu Yong & Dai Yun
Liu Yong is two years older than Dai Yun and is from Nanjing. Liu Yong entered the sports brigade a year earlier than Dai Yun, but the two stepped into the national team door hand in hand in 1993, and then the two left the national team together.
4. Zhang Ning & Yu Yang
Olympic champion Zhang Ning and male team member Yu Yang are also a famous couple, they received their marriage licenses very early but the wedding dragged on for 3 years. Zhang Ning, who won the women's singles championship in Athens, rushed back to the national team on the third day after marriage, and her husband Yu Yang also led the team to Canada to participate in the World Youth Championships. Head coach Li Yongbo praised Zhang Ning and Yu Yang as a model for the Chinese badminton team.
5. Xie Xingfang & Lin Dan
Speaking of yutan couples, Lin Dan and Xie Xingfang are the most popular couple and the most famous couple. The two have won the championship many times in domestic and foreign competitions, but at the Beijing Olympic Games, Xie Xingfang lost to teammate Zhang Ning and did not have the opportunity to lift the championship trophy at the same time as Lin Dan. In November 2009, Xie Xingfang officially announced her retirement, and Lin Dan later participated in the London Olympic Games and won the championship, while not ruling out the possibility of participating in the Rio Olympic Games. In September 2012, the enviable badminton couple ended their nine-year love run and held a wedding ceremony at the Olympic Sports Center of Beijing University of Technology.
6. Zhang Nan & Zhao Yunlei
Lin Dan and Xie Xingfang belong to the sister-brother love, and there is also a pair of sister-brother love in the Chinese badminton team, that is, Zhao Yunlei /Zhang Nan. Zhao Yunlei is 4 years older than Zhang Nan, and the two are guoyu mixed doubles partners. Since their partnership in 2010, it took the two only a year to rush to the number one position in the mixed doubles world rankings. After winning the 2010 Japan Super, Zhang Nan excitedly kissed Zhao Yunlei's forehead, and the relationship between the two was exposed. At the 2012 London Olympics, the two paired up in mixed doubles and finally won the gold.
7. Xu Chen & Pan Pan
Xu Chen and Pan Pan met when they first entered the national second team, and with the passage of time, Pan Pan unconsciously liked Xu Chen and decided to confess first, but Xu Chen did not have a clear answer. Pan Pan did not give up, Xu Chen was finally deeply moved by her courage, and the two formally established a romantic relationship. In 2011, the two who had been in love for 9 years ended their love run and entered the marriage hall. Cover news reporter Chen Ganlu comprehensive report