He is a generation of legendary famous coaches, and has trained countless famous featherweights, and superstars such as Lin Dan, Ji Xinpeng, Cai Yun, Fu Haifeng, Xia Xuanze, Wei Renfang, Adi, and Ye Chengwan are his senior disciples. Nowadays, there is another disciple trained by Tang Xianhu in the Chinese badminton team, that is, Lei Lanxi, who is only 22 years old.
After Tang Xianhu retired from the national team, he focused on the Dongguan Century City Badminton Club. Lei Lanxi had the honor of becoming one of Tang Xianhu's disciples.
The same left hand clap, the same disciple of Tang Xianhu, Lei Lanxi will inevitably be compared with Lin Dan. It must be admitted that Lin Dan's talent is higher than That of Lei Lanxi, after all, he is the strongest star in the history of badminton.
Lei Lanxi's talent is also very high, he wrote and ate with his left hand from a young age, which was later changed, but the characteristics of playing with his left hand were retained.
Lei Lanxi began to practice badminton at the age of 9, which is a relatively late start among professional badminton players, and many children start playing badminton at the age of five or six. In order to train Lei Lanxi's swinging action, Tang Xianhu once let him go to a bottle of wine, poured the wine, filled the bottle with sand, and took the bottleneck to practice swinging.
Tang Xianhu will also tell Some stories of Lin Dan to Lei Lanxi, inspiring Lei Lanxi to look up to idols. Lei Lanxi belonged to one of the first disciples that Tang Xianhu had cultivated in Dongguan. This legendary veteran has worked hard for decades and cultivated generations of superstars.
Can Lei Lanxi become another legendary disciple of Tang Xianhu? Lei Lanxi participated in the World Youth Championships in 2016, helping the team win the mixed team championship.
In 2018, Lei Lanxi trained in the national second team, although he signed up for some competitions, but they could not be reported because of their low rankings. At the beginning of 2019, Lei Lanxi won the first place in the national team reassignment and officially became a member of the national first team, gradually having more opportunities to participate in international competitions.
In September 2019, Lei Lanxi competed in the Belarus Badminton International Series held in Minsk, Belarus, and reached the final from the qualifying round, winning eight consecutive games to win the men's singles title, which was his first adult-level international men's singles title. This Lin Dan disciple finally reached the moment of breaking the cocoon and becoming a butterfly.
The Chinese badminton team now trains in a closed fashion in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, and Chen Yu, the head coach of men's singles, particularly praised the progress made by young players, including 22-year-old Lei Lanxi.
In today's world of badminton, Momota Kendou occupies the first position in the men's world and is also the number one favorite to win the Tokyo Olympic Games. Blocking Momota became a problem for Kuniwa.
Fortunately, the national men's team already has a group of young players growing up. Lei Lanxi is expected to become a weapon for the future Kuniyu to block Momota Kendou.