The Chinese famous player was kicked out of the national team because of his height, and he had no choice but to enter the foreign country, and he still cared about the motherland after receiving fame and fortune
As the saying goes, many times, we can't "judge people by their appearance". This tells us that when we look at others, we cannot judge a person simply by the appearance of others. However, although it is said that, in many cases, many people still like to define a person directly by appearance. For example, the athlete that Sakura is going to talk to everyone about today was finally kicked out of the national team because he was "judged by his appearance". She is the badminton player Pi Hongyan.
Born in Sichuan, Pi Hongyan began practicing badminton at the age of 8. In 1997, Pi Hongyan entered the Chinese national badminton team and began to represent China in various competitions. In 1999, Pi Hongyan won the US Open Badminton Championship, which should be very celebratory for a player who has not been in the national team for a long time. However, what everyone did not expect was that after returning to China, Pi Hongyan did not receive a commendation. Instead, she was told that she was expelled from the national team and transferred back to the provincial team because of her height of only 1.64 meters and the uncertain prospects for the development of her play.
After being transferred back to the provincial team, Pi Hongyan almost fell to the point where there was no ball to play, and there were only 2 relatively large matches in a year. Also because there is no competition, Pi Hongyan's monthly salary is only a pitiful 600 yuan, which is not even able to guarantee her most basic life. Later, forced by the pressure of life, Pi Hongyan chose to play in a club in Denmark, and then accepted the invitation of the French national team, joined the French nationality, and began to represent France in some large events such as the Olympic Games.
In the following time, Pi Hongyan used her strength and achievements to punch people who once looked down on themselves because of their height. She won the Open Championship for three consecutive years, and her world ranking once came to the second place in the world, representing France in three Olympic Games. Although she has proved herself in France and is already a French national, Pi Hongyan is still full of feelings for China. At the 2004 All England Open Badminton Championships, after Pi Hongyan eliminated Maltin, the biggest obstacle to China's victory, Pi Hongyan said with a smile in an interview: This is also my way to win the championship for the Chinese women's team