She was once abandoned by the national team because of her height, and had no choice but to join the French nationality, but she once became the second in the world!
Source: Short legs should also be elegant
As we all know, China is indeed a big sports country, and has a lot of sports talents, these sports talents, for the glory of the country, won the championship and glory, but there are also some talents, for various reasons, joined the foreign nationality, one of the most unfortunate, is Pi Hongyan. She was once abandoned by the national team because of her height, and had no choice but to join the French nationality, but she once became the second in the world! The problem is that before she was abandoned by the national team, she obviously won the open championship.
When Pi Hongyan was 8 years old, she began to practice badminton, with her athletic talent, she was successfully selected for the provincial team, and then entered the national team, and Pi Hongyan won the championship in the US Open Badminton Championships in 1999, according to the theory, she should be trained, but after she returned to China, the coach told her that because her height was only 1.64 meters, the development of play was not promising, so she had to eliminate Pi Hongyan from the national team and transfer back to the provincial team.
After returning to the provincial team, Pi Hongyan can only participate in two games a year, the monthly salary is very small, she originally wanted to retire directly, but was invited by a badminton club from Denmark, after which she left China to play in Denmark, and later entered the French team, and won the women's singles championship of the French Open Badminton Championship for three consecutive years from 2003 to 2005.
Obviously has good results, but because of the height problem, Pi Hongyan was abandoned by the national team, and she had no choice but to finally join the French nationality, represent the French team, and obtain greater achievements, which is indeed the misfortune of the national team. It is precisely because of the example of Pi Hongyan that China has paid more and more attention to the cultivation of sports talents, so in recent years, more outstanding sports talents have appeared in China.
However, it is worth mentioning that even if Pi Hongyan joined the French nationality, she has always been concerned about China, which can only be said to be a pity! If Pi Hongyan could continue to be trained by the national team, she might be able to win more honors for the Chinese team.