This newspaper’s special correspondent in Malaysia Ou Xian'an
Xu Yunfeng
Malaysian badminton Lee Chong Wei announced on Thursday (13th) that it had officially launched a shooting, ending its 19-year player career. There is no more " Lin Li's battle with " on the Internet. On the same day, his friend and opponent Lin Dan shared a song "Don't Cry" on Weibo and wrote "No one to accompany me when I was alone."
At noon on Thursday, 36-year-old Lee Chong Wei held a special press conference at the Malaysian Ministry of Youth and Sports and announced his retirement. Accompanying the attendance included Malaysian Youth and Sports Minister Sadie, and Malaysian Badminton Association President Noza, which shows the high attention of the Malaysian government and the Badminton Association.
Since suffering from nasopharyngeal cancer in July last year, Lee Chong Wei has not played in international competitions for nearly a year. He was originally scheduled to return at the Malaysia Open in April this year, but rumors of his retirement were also rampant because the doctor advised him not to put too much pressure on his body to avoid recurrence. "Because I have not been able to return to my best condition after recovering from nasopharyngeal cancer, I cannot stand on the Olympic stage again." Lee Chong Wei, who announced his retirement, burst into tears at the press conference.
Lee Chong Wei represented Malaysia in the 4 Olympic Games and won 3 Olympic men's singles silver medals (Beijing in 2008, London in 2012 and Rio in 2016). He has also reached the World Championship finals four times (2011, 2013, 2014, 2015), but he missed the champion. In 2014, he was canceled because he failed the drug test.
Although Lee Chong Wei has always missed the Olympic and World Championships champions, his fighting spirit has always been praised by the people of Ma Guo. The premiere of Lee Chong Wei's biography movie "The Loser is King" was held in a gymnasium in March last year, setting a record for 20,000 people to watch together. He is also a representative figure who unites all ethnic groups in Malaysia. Whenever he plays, regardless of race, color or religion, Malaysians sit in front of the big screen of a TV or roadside stall to cheer him on. The political leader also made Lee Chong Wei a symbol of uniting the whole nation, highlighting his fighting spirit and refusal to admit defeat.
"My wife will only call you to go home for dinner, but Li Zongwei will call you to go back to the badminton hall for training." Lin Dan once used such a smile to describe the relationship between himself and Li Zongwei. Shortly after Lee Chong Wei announced the news of his retirement, Lin Dan spoke out on his personal Weibo to express his regret: "No one will accompany me when I go alone." Lin Dan's words are true. With Lee Chong Wei's retirement, there will be no "Lin and Li Battle" in the world badminton world ever since.
Lee Chong Wei’s retirement means that Malaysia will find a leader in the badminton world again. Malaysia's Sin Chew Daily recently disclosed that the Malaysian national badminton team has been working hard to cultivate Lee Chong Wei's successor. Unfortunately, after Liu Guolun , Iskanda, Su Dezhi and other groups, they have not seen any gratifying results. According to the head coach of the Malaysian national badminton team, Malaysia's main men's singles , Li Zijia, and Song Junyang are currently catching up with the world's powers, while reserve team young players Huang Zhiyong, Lin Zhongqing and Aidir are the future new forces.
is different from Lin Li's turn as a banker in the past. Today's men's singles arena in the badminton world, which is a competitive situation of many strong people. Japan's world number one Momota Kento is in the limelight. He defended the men's singles championship at the Asian Championships at the end of April and is regarded as the number one hottest men's singles gold medal in next year's Tokyo Olympics. However, whether Momota can achieve his wish depends on the faces of China's Shi Yuqi , Chenlong , Denmark's top Anselon , Indonesian two heroes Jonathan and Jin Ting. Among them, Shi Yuqi reversed and defeated Kento Momota in the Sudiman Cup final that ended not long ago, and the latter's unbeaten Golden Body in the team competition was the past.
