He was once called the "champion maker" by countless netizens, and he trained more than 90 world champions during his teaching, but he is such a person, because of one of his actions, he fell into endless public opinion, and after quitting the national team, he turned around and came to Malaysia to plant durian......
caught in a storm of public opinion
When the time came to 2011, the France Open tennis tournament ended with Chinese athlete Li Na winning the championship, and when the news was transmitted back to China, it also caused heated discussions among countless netizens, which should have been a happy thing, but the subsequent development deviated from the original track.
After the match, a reporter interviewed Li Yongbo, who is the head coach of Chinese badminton, what was his opinion on Li Na's singles championship in France, just when everyone thought that Li Yongbo would say a lot of affirmative and encouraging words, but his speech made countless people on the scene stunned in place.
Li Yongbo said: Li Na is only a champion in the Open Championship now, not a world champion or an Olympic champion, if Li Na won the tennis championship in the 2012 Olympic Games, it is really remarkable.
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Then he went on to say that what he said was for Li Na's good, and hoped that everyone would not praise her excessively in the future, and we Chinese usually have a not very good habit, that is, when that athlete gets good results, he will not want to praise her on major Internet social platforms, and he does not think that he will "kill" at all.
In the end, she also admonished all athletes not to gradually lose themselves in the "killing" of netizens, and to train hard according to their hearts, otherwise they will not be able to go far.
But just after this remark appeared, many netizens began to refute Li Yongbo, saying: Not all sports are judged by the Olympic Games as the highest stage, such as tennis, golf, basketball and other sports have their own "highest arena".
As the fermentation of public opinion became bigger and bigger, Li Yongbo slowly couldn't sit still, and he also directly stood up and said that the reporter who interviewed him did not fully express his words, and even took them out of context, so everyone misunderstood.
There is no other meaning to what I said, and Li Na also practiced badminton when she was young, and we will all be happy for her to win the championship.
But what people didn't expect was that Li Yongbo went on to say that many netizens, as fans, everyone has their own opinions, and others respect your views, but please also respect you, as a fan, respect different views from you.
If you think China is bad, then, where you feel good, you can go, with the emergence of this sentence, there are more and more voices dissatisfied with Li Yongbo on the Internet.
Caught in the storm again
With the time in July 2012, at the badminton competition of the London Olympics, China's former world No. 1 combination lost to Korea, but if netizens who have watched the game should know that in this game, athletes on both sides frequently make mistakes on the field, and even in the process of playing, the shot is either out of bounds or under the net.
Even at the end of the game, the stadium was not full of applause from the audience, but "boos" one after another, and more than 6,000 spectators in the stadium responded to the "contrived" performances of both sides with their own voices.
Later, after two days of investigation, the International Badminton Federation also announced the reason to the outside world, and they said that in order to win a better ranking for the subsequent competition, the athletes on both sides were playing negatively.
Although the Chinese badminton team won five medals at the end of the Paris Olympics, Li Yongbo still fell into more public opinion because of the "negative competition".
From the Sydney Olympics to the Athens Olympics, many Chinese badminton players were forced to "release water" to their teammates in the semifinals, and many netizens have long "criticized Li Yongbo", saying that he "violated the Olympic spirit" and "erased the players' efforts for many years".
But Li Yongbo never took these doubts seriously, and even bluntly expressed his thoughts, he said: There are a group of strong athletes in the Chinese badminton world, this is the capital of "releasing water", and his goal is the Olympic champion, and just two sentences have become Li Yongbo's "weapon" against the outside world's doubts.
Even includes badminton player Lin Dan, who once quit the game every time he faced his teammates when he was competing, and won a higher ranking for his teammates.
Come forward and apologize
Until the "negative competition" at the Paris Olympics, it became "the last straw that broke the camel's back", and Li Yongbo, as the "emperor" of the Chinese badminton team, also rarely came forward to apologize for his actions, but his words were more subtle, and he said that he would take the responsibility he should bear.
After listening to his words, it not only reminded people of the "Qi Wusheng" who once led the defeat of the national football team, but also the people in the badminton industry who commented on Li Yongbo's approach, he said that Li Yongbo's contribution to Chinese badminton cannot be ignored, and he has trained more than 90 world champions in 24 years of badminton team.
It is precisely because of his strength that the badminton team, which is in crisis in various interest games, is basically stable, but I have to admit that Li Yongbo is very smart, and after so many years of experience, it has also made him more mature in dealing with people, and these things will not affect his position in the badminton team.
After retirement, he went to Malaysia to grow durian
When the time came to 2017, Li Yongbo also officially stepped down as the head coach of the Chinese badminton national team, what everyone did not expect was that after retirement, he actually went to Malaysia to contract a piece of land and began to plant durian, and since then the news about him has slowly decreased.
It wasn't until July 21 this year that the badminton open organized by Li Yongbo officially came to a successful conclusion, and Li Yongbo, as the founder, attended the award ceremony of the competition with a group of people, and also issued certificates to the winners.
Article sources:
Changchun Evening News on June 8, 2011--- Li Yongbo made an "astonishing remark": Li Na won the Grand Slam is not the highest peak
Xianning News Network On July 22, 2024--- "Nanri Island Cup" Li Yongbo Badminton Open in Xiuyu District, Putian City ended successfully!