The 26th World Badminton Championships will be held in Spain from November 26 to December 5, 2021, and the Chinese team has achieved very brilliant results since participating in the World Championships, winning 5 gold medals in 3 competitions. But at the same time, there is a competition without gold medals, which is very low. So how many gold medals can the Chinese team win in this competition?
Next, we will review the previous achievements of the Chinese team.
1st place, 5 golds, 3 times
The Chinese team has won 5 gold medals at the World Championships three times, namely in 1987, 2010 and 2011. And these three sessions have experienced Li Yongbo, who played as a player in 1987, and in 2010 and 2011, he was the most brilliant as the head coach.
1) In 1987, the five gold earners were:
Men's Singles: Yang Yang
Men's Doubles: Li Yongbo / Tian Bingyi
Women's Singles: Han Aiping
Women's Doubles: Lin Ying / Guan Weizhen
Mixed Doubles: Wang Pengren / Shi Fangjing
2) In 2010, the hardware was awarded:
Men's Singles: Chen Jin
Men's Doubles: Cai Yun / Fu Haifeng
Women's Singles: Wang Lin
Women's Doubles: Yu Yang/Du Jing
Mixed Doubles: Ma Jin/Zheng Bo
3) In 2011, the 5 gold awards were:
Men's Singles: Lin Dan
Women's Singles: Wang Yihan
Women's Doubles: Yu Yang / Wang Xiaoli
Mixed Doubles: Zhang Nan / Zhao Yunlei
Second place, 4 gold, 3 times
The Chinese team has won four gold medals on three occasions, in 1989, 2006 and 2009. 1989 was a continuation of the 1987 glory period, while 2006 and 2009 were the first days of the most glorious period of 2011. And these three times, the Chinese team lost the opportunity of 5 gold because the mixed doubles did not win gold.
1) In 1989, the 4 gold prizes were:
Women's Singles: Li Lingwei
2) In 2006, the 4 gold prizes were:
Women's Singles: Xie Xingfang
Women's Doubles: Gao Leng/Huang Sui
3) In 2009, the 4 gold prizes were:
Women's Singles: Luland
Women's Doubles: Zhang Yawen / Zhao Tingting
Third place, 3 gold, 7 times
The Chinese team won three gold medals in a total of seven times, namely 1985, 1989, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2007 and 2014. In these periods, although the Chinese team is not at the peak, it is also in the top period of the world.
Fourth place, 2 golds, 6 times
The Chinese team has won 2 gold medals in 6 times, namely, 1983, 1999, 2005, 2013, 2017 and 2018.
2 gold should be a relatively unsatisfactory record for the Chinese team, although many times 2 gold is already the first place in the synthesis. But for the Chinese badminton team, 2 gold is a trough.
Fifth place, 1 gold, 2 times
The Chinese team has won 1 gold a total of 2 times, which is relatively low, which is 1993 and 2019. Both times, they were in the stage of alternating between the old and the new, and no top players appeared.
6th place, 0 gold, 1 time
It is hard for everyone to imagine that the Chinese team once had 0 gold, which happened in 1995.
At this World Championship, the Chinese team lineup is also dominated by young players, guaranteeing the mixed doubles championship, impacting the women's doubles and women's singles championships, and the most ideal is to win 3 gold. The current lineup of the Chinese team is unlikely to be 5 gold, 4 gold needs to play beyond the level, 3 metal at the normal level, 2 gold efforts, 1 gold guarantee. Optimistic that the Chinese team won 3 gold, what do you think?