. He has one more world championship and two more British titles than the Indonesian king Taufik; he has two more world championship titles than Denmark Larsson; he Compared with the Shinco Olympic champion Ansailong , one more World Championship champion and one All England champion; he gave the Li Zongwei three consecutive runners in the World Championships, smashing the dream of the Malaysian Olympic champion; on Honor, he is the second person in badminton history after Lin Dan, but at the same time, he was dubbed "soft egg" and "bubble dragon" at the peak of his career. He is a combination of contradictions, with a black and white dragon king- Chen Long .
1. Set sail safely
Like our previous protagonist Ji Xinpeng , Chen Long was born in Jingzhou, Hubei in 1989. Similarly, he also followed in the footsteps of his predecessors. After joining an amateur sports school in 1996, Chen Long, who was only 11 years old, went to Xiamen in 2000 to formally receive vocational training where the dream of Jixinpeng began. According to the coach of the year, Chen Long was more playful. Only the coach said he would go to practice, and he would never take the initiative to practice. Therefore, Chen Long's performance in his youth was not very outstanding, and his highest was the top eight in the country.
In 2006, Chen Long was formally selected for the national team. Although he was the second team, being able to train with so many world champions was enough to make him very excited. He began to devote himself to badminton training. During this year, Chen Long's talent began to appear, and his strength improved by leaps and bounds.
In 2007, he participated in the Asian Youth Championship for the first time, and Chen Long won the men's singles competition. However, it is intriguing that Chen Long's opponent in the final defeat of Malaysia's Arif, Chen Long lost to him in the team competition the day before. This seems to be a footnote for the future Chenlong team competition and individual competition.
Then in November of the same year, at the World Youth Championship in Auckland, the 18-year-old Chen Long once again shined brilliantly. Whether it was an individual or a team, he won in straight sets in two straight sets. After the game, many media and audiences naturally regarded him as the hope of Guoyu's future. Chen Long's badminton road seemed to be sailing smoothly.
2. The Prince of Prosperity
As the champion of the World Youth Championship, Chen Long did not have any outstanding results in the following years, mainly because of Guoyu's foundation at that time. Never fought such a wealthy battle.
Lin Dan didn't mention it, badminton goat, firmly occupy a single; World Championship champion Jin Boss and Taufik killer Bao Chunlai are both ruthless people. It is as strong as Chen Hong . In order to have a chance to play in the Olympics, he had to "curve to save the country" and quit the national team to participate in his own name. So let alone the young Chen Long, but Chen Long at the time should not be worried, after all, he is still young, after all, he is almost the designated "prince" of the national team.
In 2010, as the state of Bao Chunlai, Chen Jin and slowly declined, Chen Long began to enter everyone's field of vision. At the German Gold Tournament in September, Chen Long won his first Open Championship. At the end of the year in the China Super Tournament, he defeated his predecessor Bao Chunlai to win again, and basically took over Guoyu from Bao Chunlai. The main position of the men's singles.
Also this year, Chen Long entered the soup cup list and began to compete in team competitions. However, after entering the knockout rounds, one single Lin Dan, one pair of Fengyun, and second single Chen Jin were extremely strong, and they all took away their opponents 3-0 simply and neatly, and Chen Long did not get any chances to play. The 21-year-old Chen Long won his first world championship with the team.
In 2011, Chen Long defeated Li Zongwei who was "under one person" in the two Opens. It was also very exciting: In addition to Lin Dan, Guoyu can beat Li Zongwei. At the end of the China Badminton Masters , he defeated Chen Jin to win the championship, declaring that he has officially become the second single of Guoyu.
2011 Qingdao Sudirman Cup,Chen Long was selected for the big list for the first time, but because the Su Cup only had one men’s singles, Chen Long basically watched Lin Dan chop melons and vegetables with everyone. In those years, Guo Yu was too strong, especially the Su Cup. Even the whole world can't win a world alliance. In this way, Chen Long won his first Soviet Cup championship in his career.
At the Thomas Cup in 2012, Chen Long began to show his strength and faced the South Korean team in the final. After Lin Dan and Feng Yun opened up a 2-0 situation, Chen Long made persistent efforts to defeat and Sun Wanhu to help the team achieve Five consecutive soup cups.
At the London Olympics, the 23-year-old Chen Long’s newborn calf was not afraid of tigers and reached the semi-finals in one fell swoop. Although he lost to Li Zongwei, no one would blame him. Lin Dan, and Chen Long also defeated Li Xuanyi 2-1 and won an Olympic bronze medal. For the young Chen Long, the future is indeed promising.
Li, Lin, and Chen of the London Olympics
Three, black and white
2010, 2011 World Championships, 2012 Olympic Games, three consecutive World Championships in hardware, national feathers peaked. Even being crowned the title of national football like table tennis, it seems that it can be reigned forever, but is it really the case?
After the London Olympics, Lin Dan began to devote more energy to the off-court, and once no longer participated in the Open, this also added fire to the badminton dominance. At the beginning of 2013, Chen Long defeated Li Zongwei again and crowned the All England Championship for the first time in his career. However, at the World Championships in August, Lin Dan, who played with a wild card, once again declared that your uncle is still your uncle, and his terrifying dominance made Zong Wei cry.
The soup cup in May 2014 was the beginning of the nightmare of Chenlong's team competition. Because the world ranking was too low, Lin Dan gave up a single position for the first time since 2004, and the Fengyun combination was absent for the first time, Chai Biao / Hong Wei served as a pair, Bao Ge partner Zhang Nan guarded the second double.For the first time, Chen Long carried the main beam. In the first game of the group stage and the knockout stage, Chen Long went smoothly and won in a row.
When facing the Japanese team in the semifinals, Chen Long was completely defeated, 13-21, 11-21 against Tian Er Kenichi, who had a record of 10 wins and 1 loss before. The entire Guoyu was also blinded. It’s been a long time since Guoyu had lost a single point, and the second pair was defeated again. The second pair and Du Pengyu fell behind 0-2 and lost to Momota in three games, 0-3. Guo Yu was eliminated and missed the sixth consecutive championship. For a time, the overwhelming blame overwhelmed Chen Long.
It may be that Li Zongwei was dissatisfied with the World Badminton Federation’s wild card for Lin Dan, or for other reasons. Uncle Lin lost his qualification for the 14th World Championships. The strongest duo Li Zongwei and Chen Long at that time , It is bound to fight to the death for this champion.
Sure enough, it was the two who made it through the finals. Li Zongwei has fallen here twice before, and no one is eager for this world championship more than him. As for Chen Long, he also urgently needs a world champion to defend the glory of the national feathers. At the same time, he also needs to step out of the shadow of Lin Dan and Tang Cup. At the age of 25, he is eager to prove himself and become the leader of the national feathers.
In the final, Chen Long used his airtight defense to suppress the Dato. Two 21-19, he won his first personal world championship. After winning, he took off his jersey and celebrated. , Which is completely different from his quiet and restrained in the past. There should also be a complex emotion hidden in his heart. After the soup cup, everyone said that he was inferior to Lin Dan. Who would want to be a "prince" for a lifetime? Why can't I be emperor?
But the energetic Chen Long soon ushered in his own Waterloo, at the Incheon Asian Games in September 2014, at the Asian Games individual events, Lin Danlianke, the champion and runner-up of the World Championships a month ago, Chen Long and Li Zongwei, Successfully defended the Asian Games champion, once again declared that he is the best in the world.
If this is the first blow to Chen Long, the second blow is even heavier. In the men's team finals, China played against South Korea. Fengyun regrouped and returned because of the miserable Tang Cup defeat. This gold medal must not be missed. For Chenlong, it is also a game that must be redeemed.
But unfortunately, I don’t mention the Korean home air conditioner. After all, the Korean sportsmanship is well known. But the result was that Chen Long lost again and lost to Sun Wanhu. Then a pair of young Zhang Nan/ Xu Chen also lost to their opponents. Some helpless Lin Dan and Fengyun faced a 0-2 situation and tried their best to get back a 2-2, but the three singles Gao Huan lost to Li Xuanyi who returned from the line of fire, Guo Yu lost the Asian Games champion.
Within half a year, he lost two consecutive key team matches and two important championships. Even the 14-year World Championships have become unconvincing, "soft eggs", "unable to support Adou" and "group insects". "For a while, negative comments were overwhelming, and some people even started to attack his style of play. During that time, what Chen Long did was wrong.
Even if the 15-year World Championships defeated Li Zongwei again and became Yang Yang Lin Dan's third World Championship double champion, his outlook has not improved. Even in the 2015 Sudirman Cup, as the champion of the World Championships and the number one in the world, he failed to get a chance to play in the finals. Both fans and coaches are more willing to believe in Lin Dan. And Lin Dan's big victory made Chen Long, the Sudirman Cup champion, seem a bit embarrassed and bitter.
IV. Hell Paradise
In the soup cup in May 2016, I don’t think anyone can explain why, the Chinese team met South Korea in the quarter-finals, and Chenlong defeated Sun Wanhu again and Cai team at that time. Having retired, Fu Haifeng and Zhang Nan were paired and also lost the game. Even if Lin Dan Erdan pressed Li Donggen on the ground and rubbed it, he was weak when he vomited. The last step was the quarterfinals, creating the worst record in history. That is the time, the choking voice of the Cai team in the commentary seat made countless fans heartache.
It can be said that in the team competition, Chen Long has been sent to hell, and there is no room for turning over.
And at the Rio Olympics this year, in the earth-shattering Lin-Li matchup, Li Zongwei finally crossed the fateful mountain and made his way to the Olympic final for the third time. It was Chen Long again, another 2 -0, shattered the dreams of Li Zongwei and the entire Malaysia, and stood on the podium which symbolized the highest honor of badminton.
The Olympic champion Chenlong is in pain to celebrate
The 14th, 15th, and 16th World Championships have won three consecutive championships. This is a feat that only Lin Dan has done. It is stronger than Taufik, Larson, Yang Yang, Zhao Jianhua was surpassed by Chen Long. But what does not match the honor is that Chen Long did not get the corresponding praise. For him, more of it is blame and insult, and even many domestic fans hope that he will lose the Olympic Games to fulfill Li Zongwei's dream of a championship.
is sad.
For Chen Long, individual matches and team matches are like heaven and hell, but the flames of the hell have been burned to heaven, and he doesn't know how to deal with himself.
Fifth, the success and failure are set
The story after
does not need to be repeated, the golden generation is completely old, Chen Long begins to decline, the younger generation has no successors, and the world badminton champions are fighting for hegemony. The national badminton has entered a low tide, and even with Lin Dan’s retirement, the attention of the entire badminton in the country is getting lower and lower. 桃田贤斗 is nothing at all. Japan intends to dominate the badminton...
until At the Tokyo Olympics, Chen Long dragged the blood blisters on his feet. At the age of 33, he was alone in guarding the last glory of Chinese badminton. We found out that he was really good enough. At least for now, no one in the younger generation can achieve half of his achievement.
Tokyo Olympics to fight for a silver medal
For Chen Long, he was lucky to debut in the golden age of Guoyu. He has enough time to grow slowly, even if he loses, he does not have to bear too much pressure. Until he is strong enough to dominate the badminton world, three world champions are the best embodiment of his strength. Similarly, this is also his misfortune. When he was young, there was Lin Dan Fengyun, Bao Chunlai and Chen Jin. In team competitions, he was used to gaining experience with a big lead. Unlike Guoyu F4, he was playing against He grew up in a lot of shopping in Indonesia, so when he was somewhat forced to stand on that single position, he started to panic.
This can actually be seen by his team win rate,Chen Long has a record of winning two singles and three singles in his career. Therefore, there is absolutely no problem with his strength, but without the early tempering, his mentality is not so stable.
But in any case, he has paid everything for Guoyu. This is Chen Long, black on one side and white on the other, hell on the other and heaven on the other, the most special black and white dragon king in the history of badminton.
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