Beijing time on July 4th, Lin Dan’s badminton era officially came to an end. The king of badminton announced the end of his 20-year career, and also announced the official end of the era of "Four Kings" in badminton. After Lin Dan's older generation of kings retires, who will be the successor to the king of men's badminton? There is no doubt that Japan’s first brother Kento Momota will be the number one candidate, and Guoyu’s new brother Shi Yuqi is also very hopeful, and even Shi Yuqi and Momota Kento are expected to become the future badminton "Land Li confrontation" plus Danish world champion An Sailong and Indonesia's first brother Jin Ting and so on.
1, Shi Yuqi (China)
Although Chen Long is also a badminton star, and he has won two World Championships and one Olympic champion in the world The results of the competition are also better than Li Zongwei. It's just that Chen Long failed to enter the "Four Heavenly Kings" list after all, and Chen Long is already a 31-year-old veteran, naturally his age determines that he is no longer in the "successor" list.
After Lin Dan retired from Guoyu, Chen Long basically could only participate in the Tokyo Olympics, and Shi Yuqi needed to give Shi Yuqi the important task in the future. Shi Yuqi's growth in the past two years is obvious to all. He not only led Guoyu to regain the Sudirman Cup championship, especially in the finals by defeating Momota Kento, but also defeated Momota Kento in the finals of the year-end finals.
Although Shi Yuqi was in a downturn for nearly half a year due to a serious injury last year, as Shi Yuqi now has enough recovery time, especially his performance this season has continued to recover. Shi Yuqi has a huge seat in the Tokyo Olympics, and he will also be the strongest opponent of Kento Momota's career.
Undoubtedly, Shi Yuqi will take on the important task of Guoyu men's singles in the future. He is also known as the new brother of Guoyu. Can he hit the gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics and help Guoyu men's singles to complete the 4 consecutive Olympic championships? look forward to.
2, Tao Tian Xiandou (Japan)
Compared with Shi Yuqi, he is the successor of Lin Dan at the national feather men’s singles level, and belongs to the successor of the "Four Kings" In the category, the most promising one is Kento Momota. After a two-year ban, Momota Kento has risen strongly after lifting the ban, especially when he completed the miracle of 11 championships in a single season last season, surpassing Li Zongwei's previous record.
Tao Tian Xiandou has also won the men's singles championship at the World Championships in the past two years, and he is undoubtedly known as the top gold medal favorite in the Tokyo Olympics. Of course, Kento Momota suffered a car accident at the beginning of this year, but he is now basically healthy, and he is expected to return full of blood next year.
3, Ansailong (Denmark)
Denmark's first brother Ansailong won the World Championships Men’s Singles Championship in 2017 and topped the world No. 1 His throne has become the top master of badminton today. It's just that Ansailong suffered injuries last year, which caused his condition to decline. This year he won the All England Championship and declared his domineering return. No doubt he will also be an important candidate for the future badminton king.
4, Ginting (Indonesia)
Although compared to Tao Tian Xiandou (World Championship champion), Shi Yuqi (Sudirman Cup champion) and Ansai Long (World Championship champion), Jin Ting is not as good as the top three who are already world champions, but Jin Ting is also a top master of the younger generation, especially in the Asian Games and the Chinese Open double-kill Momota Kento. The offensive-based Jin Ting is known as the "Peach Field Nemesis", and is also a candidate for the future king that cannot be ignored.
Other nominees: Antonsen, Jonathan, Li Zijia, etc.
In addition, Danish star Antonsen has won the World Championships men’s singles runner-up and Indonesian star Jonah Tan won the Asian Games champion, Li Zijia is known as the successor of Li Zongwei, they are also the new future forces that cannot be ignored in the badminton.
（文/醉卧浮生）
