With two Olympic gold medals, five World Championship gold medals, and a Grand Slam winner, with these heavy honors, Chinese badminton player Zhao Yunlei officially became a member of the BWF Hall of Fame today. In the online ceremony held on June 24th, Beijing time, the 35-year-old Guoyu star recalled the moments of his career and also made an outlook on the future.
“First of all, I would like to thank the World Badminton Federation, and I would also like to thank the Chinese badminton team for so many years of training, as well as every good teacher and friend I have met in my career,” Zhao Yunlei emphasized in her acceptance speech that her career has not been smooth sailing. She put a lot of effort into it. After retiring, she also hopes to pass on this attitude of “face all kinds of difficulties calmly” to more young people.
“I have been committed to the development and promotion of badminton, and I am very happy to contribute to the development of the world badminton sport,” Zhao Yunlei said.
As a member of the Chinese badminton team, even after retiring, Zhao Yunlei has always been paying attention to Guoyu. She believes that although the Chinese team has encountered many difficulties in the Paris Olympic cycle, it is fortunate that this is the first year of the new cycle. “It is a good thing for athletes to encounter difficulties now, which gives us time to solve difficulties and do well. Prepare, eliminate hidden dangers, and build a stronger Chinese team.”
“The younger generation of athletes, such as Huang Dongping, Chen Qingchen, Jia Yifan, and Chen Yufei, have left a deep impression on me, especially Chen Yufei,” Zhao Yunlei said in the previous Uber Cup final, the Tokyo Olympics woman The single champion was able to bite the opponent and finally reversed in the case of falling behind, which also allowed her to see the shining point, impact, and never-give-up spirit of young people, “This is a very important trait of the younger generation of athletes, I look forward to it. She will perform better in the future,” Zhao Yunlei pointed out.
Zhao Yunlei was inducted into the World Badminton Federation Hall of Fame certificate
Later in the online interview session, when asked by reporters about the most impressive game in her career, Zhao Yunlei’s answer was somewhat unexpected, “There are many games in my career that have left a deep impression on me, and they have also taught me. Come to think about it,” the Grand Slam player mentioned two games later, “one is the 2012 London Olympics women’s doubles final, which was the last final for the Chinese badminton team to achieve the goal of taking over the hardware, and the opponent was Japan. Team, we were under a lot of pressure and I should say this game was the most stressful game of my career.”
The Olympic final mentioned by Zhao Yunlei took place on August 4, 2012, when she and Tian Qing teamed up to swept the Japanese combination Fujii Mizuki/Kakiiwa Reika to win the championship 2-0.
“In addition, the biggest touch in my career was the mixed doubles final of the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games. At that time, the opponent was South Korea. We lost this game, but it was because of our poor performance in this game that we let ourselves I have a lot of thinking about how to play in the finals, how to adjust the state and what role to play in the future, so I have made a qualitative leap in the future,” Zhao Yunlei said.
On November 21, 2010, the combination of Zhao Yunlei and Zhang Nan lost 0-2 to South Koreans Li Xiaozhen/Shen Baizhe in the Guangzhou Asian Games badminton mixed doubles final and missed the championship.
In fact, looking at the current badminton world, there are not many players who can rank among the top ranks in both doubles and mixed doubles, and only Zhao Yunlei can win gold medals in these two events in one Olympic Games. When Sohu Sports asked her to introduce the secret of success, Zhao Yunlei mentioned “communication”.
“The biggest test for doubles athletes is cooperation. Sometimes, although the strength of two people is very strong, the strength displayed in the cooperation is not satisfactory,” Zhao Yunlei told Sohu Sports. She has had many partners throughout her career. (They) have different personalities and styles of play, so the essential characteristic of an excellent doubles player is the ability to communicate in a timely manner, “Communication exists in all aspects, not only the communication of techniques, tactics and ideas in cooperation, but also our ability to communicate. For the communication of an opponent’s ideas, everyone must talk about all aspects, and must communicate in time. Only in this way can the partner understand your thoughts and dynamics, the goals of the two can be unified, and the strength can be twisted into a single rope. .I personally think that timely communication is the key that is very necessary,” Zhao Yunlei pointed out.
After retiring, Zhao Yunlei first completed her studies, and then devoted herself to the promotion of badminton among young people. She hopes to help more young friends with her successful experience and failures in her career, so that they can be prepared and face difficulties calmly. In the future, Zhao Yunlei looks forward to speaking with facts, opening up the boundaries between professional athletes and amateur golfers, allowing them to meet each other more, so as to achieve more popularization and promotion of the project.
The BWF Hall of Fame was established in 1996. The Chinese celebrities who have been selected include Li Lingwei, Han Aiping, Tang Xianhu, Hou Jiachang, Chen Yuniang, Ge Fei, Gu Jun, Lu Shengrong, Li Yongbo, Tian Bingyi, Gao Ling, Zhang Jun, Huang Sui, Gong Zhichao, Zhang Ning, Cai Yun, Fu Haifeng and others.
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