There are many couples in the badminton world, such as: former mixed doubles men's star Zhang Nan and former women's doubles star Tian Qing, Qiao Bin and Li Xuerui, Yang Yang and Zheng Yuli, Lin Dan and Xie Xingfang, Chen Long and Wang Shixian, etc.
And the couple we are going to talk about today is the emotional story between Wang Shixian, who once had the "King Zuxian of the Feather Altar", and Chen Long, who was known as the "Lin Dan ** person"!
Wang Shixian and Chen Long.
In 1990, Wang Shixian was born in an ordinary family in Suzhou, and when she was a child, she was often teased by her classmates for being too fat, so she wanted to rely on sports to carry out **.
After having this plan, her parents enrolled her in a badminton interest class at the age of 8, but she couldn't endure hardship at all, and was ordered by the coach to cut her hair as soon as she arrived there.
Badminton interest class.
At that time, she was in the stage of loving beauty, and long hair was an important sign of beauty and beauty for girls of that age, so when she heard the coach ask her to cut her hair, her tears couldn't stop flowing.
It wasn't until a week later that she got used to her short hair and began to concentrate on training.
Wang Shixian. After a period of training, the coach found that she was very talented in badminton, so the attention to her gradually increased.
At the same time, Wang Shixian's figure began to slim day by day, which made her more determined to continue practicing badminton.
Wang Shixian. So her parents sent her to Suzhou Amateur Sports School for trainingAfter two years of study, her level in badminton has been greatly improved, so she was selected to enter the Jiangsu Provincial Youth Sports School for a period of trial training.
If she performs well during the trial, she can be directly admitted to the Jiangsu Provincial Sports School, but she lost the opportunity to be admitted this time because she couldn't endure hardships during the trial.
Jiangsu Provincial Sports School.
Although she was not admitted, she met a very good friend who played table tennis in it - Xu Xin.
Xu Xin. The reason why they were able to meet was because they shared a common dream, so they started to work hard to achieve their championship dream.
This time it hit her a bit hard, and she originally wanted to give up this profession and return to school.
Wang Shixian. But at that time, everyone was preparing for the Jiangsu Provincial Games, and she is the most favored athlete in the teamHe was specially sent by the coach to the Athletic School Affiliated to the Shanghai Sports Institute to receive professional badminton training.
Athletic School Affiliated to Shanghai Sports Institute.
After a year of professional training, Wang Shixian won the women's singles championship in Group B in the badminton competition of the Jiangsu Provincial Games, and was also favored by the coach of the Jiangsu Provincial Badminton Team and wanted to recruit her to join it.
Since this matter is related to her future development process, it needs to be carefully consideredSo after her second consideration, she finally decided to join the provincial badminton team.
Jiangsu Province Badminton Team.
A few years after entering the provincial team, at the age of 15, she successfully entered the national youth badminton team with her own talent.
Wang Shixian. The reason why Chen Long learned badminton is because his parents were basketball players in the Wuhan Military Region, so he inherited the good sports genes of his parents and has a strong impulse and yearning for sports.
At first, his parents wanted him to practice basketball, but he was interested in badminton, so his parents had to follow his wishes.
Chen Long. If you want him to learn badminton, you have to aim to become a professional athlete and become a world champion so that you can continue to support him.
Therefore, in order to achieve this goal, in addition to receiving training from the coach every day, Chen Long also has to complete the training tasks arranged by his mother.
Chen Long. Although this life is very boring, he still gritted his teeth and perseveredIn the end, he first entered Jingzhou Youth Sports School for professional badminton training, and then entered Shacheng District Sports School.
Jingzhou Juvenile Sports School.
Because of his excellent training results, he was quickly selected by the coach of Xiamen Sports School in Fujian Province and became a student there.
Xiamen Sports School.
Unexpectedly, in the strict militarized training, he was returned to the sports school because he did not accept the training well, and later his parents kindly persuaded him to return to the Xiamen sports school, so he was much more down-to-earth later.
After several years of continuous efforts, he was finally selected for the national youth badminton team in 2005.
Chen Long. In 2006, Chen Long and Wang Shixian entered the national second team togetherAt first, they only saw each other as teammates, and it was not until 2007 that they gradually came together with each other.
At the same time, Chen Long also won the men's singles championship of the World Youth Championships in 2007, and was regarded by many fans as "Lin Dan's ** person".
Chen Long won the award. WhileWang Shixian. Also followed his teammates in this yearWon the team championship award at the World Youth Badminton Championships
But what I didn't expect was thatNot long after the end of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Xie Xingfang and Zhang Ning chose to retire successively.
Xie Xingfang and Zhang Ning.
In the 2009 China Badminton Masters, Wang Yihan, Lu Lan, and Wang Lin, who were originally regarded as the leaders of the Chinese women's team, did not withstand Wang Shixian's strong attack, and finally won the championship.
It was in this game that Wang Shixian began to be noticed by everyone, and became the most powerful contender for the "female single sister" with Wang Yihan and Wang Xin, and even Li Yongbo, who was the head coach of Chinese badminton at the time, was full of praise for her.
Wang Yihan, Wang Xin and Wang Shixian.
In the subsequent National Games, she was regarded as the main player of the Jiangsu team and participated in this important competition.
In this match, she still performed very well, not only won the women's singles championship, but also won the championship trophy in the Korean Super Series.
Wang Shixian won the award.
In 2010, when Wang Shixian participated in the World Championships for the first time, she was able to directly break into the semi-finals.
Later, she helped the team win the team championship at the Guangzhou Asian Championships in October, and defeated Wang Xin in the women's singles final, becoming the youngest Asian Games women's singles champion in the Chinese team.
Wang Shixian won the award.
From the end of 2010 to the beginning of 2011, she participated in 7 major domestic and international competitions, and won 4 championship trophies in the competition.
In the domestic Badminton Super League, he also defeated Guo Wang Xin and Wang Yihan successively, and won the most popular award with a record of 8 wins.
Wang Shixian won the award.
In the Qingdao Sudirman Cup, Wang Shixian participated in the competition as the main force of the women's singles, but no one expected that in the Asian Championships before this game, she lost the game unexpectedly due to her mentality.
In the Sudirman Cup, although she performed smoothly throughout the tournament, she became a "boundary marker" that she could never take out in her career.
Wang Shixian. Because since the end of this match, Wang Shixian's record has begun to plummet, so the Sudirman Cup has become the biggest turning point in her career.
She went on to lose almost every tournament in the London points tournament, reaching the final twice of the nine events at the 2011 Macau Open, with the rest ending in failure.
Wang Shixian. Later, after winter training in early 2012, although her performance in several open tournaments was still mediocre, compared with her previous form, there is a gradual trend of recovery.
Unexpectedly, at this juncture, a newcomer broke out againLi Xuerui, she has set a record of more than 30 consecutive victories in 4 months, and also won 4 major championships in a row, which led to the original ironclad "triple W" team's plan to participate in the London Olympics was completely disrupted.
Li Xuerui. In order to select the best three to compete in the London Olympics, head coach Li Yongbo can only be measured by the results of foreign battles.
Originally, everyone thought that Wang Shixian would be able to break into the ranks of the three, but her performance in every match was very poor, with a winning rate of less than 5 percent, and she did not even enter the semi-finals in the last Indonesian Super Match.
Wang Shixian. Therefore, on July 9, 2012, Wang Shixian learned the news of her defeat from Zhang Ning's mouth.
After learning that she was defeated, she was very sad, but she never wanted to give up, but wanted to strive for the 2016 Rio Olympics through her own efforts.
Wang Shixian. Although she didn't get the chance to compete at the Olympics, her boyfriend Chen Long made it to the London Olympics and won a bronze medal in the men's singles.
When everyone was excited about his award, his relationship with Wang Shixian gradually surfaced in front of everyone.
Chen Long won the bronze medal.
Wang Shixian and Chen Long's relationship was in 2013 when Guoyu Jiuzhaigou traveled**, at that time, Xu Chen, Pan Pan, Wang Shixian and Chen Long were very close to the realization, and many netizens could see the strangeness from the **.
Later, in the 2013 China Open men's singles semifinals, when Chen Long and Zhang Weifeng faced off, some spectators shouted "Wang Shixian has won", which caused the game to be unable to continue normally and had to restart the game.
Chen Long. At that time, Wang Shixian and Chen Long both entered the finals, but Chen Long defeated the opponent 2:1 to win the championship, but Wang Shixian's wife and children lost to Li Xuerui.
At the beginning, when the reporter asked if they were dating, they were unanimously vetoedBut during the All England Championships in 2014, some foreign media called Wang Shixian "Chen Long's girlfriend".
Wang Shixian. After the relationship, the two directly disclosed their relationship, and even head coach Li Yongbo did not object to them being together.
In the Rio Olympic cycle, Wang Shixian's performance is still tepid, and her last gold medal was won at the French Open in October 2014, and the rest of the tournament did not achieve much.
Wang Shixian. Even so, Wang Shixian's ranking is still ahead of Wang YihanIt was not until the Wuhan Asian Championships in May 2016 that Wang Yihan completely surpassed Wang Shixian's points ranking after defeating Li Xuerui.
Because Wang Yihan's points far surpassed Wang Shixian, Wang Shixian lost the opportunity to participate in the Rio Olympics.
Wang Shixian and Wang Yihan.
It was this defeat that made her finally choose to retire, and the day before the list of Olympic participants was announced, she posted her admission notice for graduate students in Beijing Sports UniversityIn this way, he can make up for his wounded heart.
During the Olympic Games, Wang Shixian also went to the scene in person to take care of Chen Long's daily life, also to cheer him up.
Wang Shixian and Chen Long.
It was her cheering and encouragement behind her back that allowed Chen Long to defeat Lee Chong Wei in the men's singles final to achieve the final victory.
Chen Long and Li Zongwei.
Perhaps he was too emotional at that time, he kissed Wang Shixian in front of head coach Li Yongbo, and expressed his feelings for her in public during the ** interview.
Chen Long was in front of Li Yongbo, Prince Shixian.
After the game, Wang Shixian began to study with peace of mind, while Chen Long was preparing for the next game.
After the 2017 Hong Kong Open, Chen Long couldn't wait to rush back to Xiamen and proposed to Wang Shixian in front of many friends.
Chen Long proposed to Wang Shixian.
And on the second day of the proposal, the two went through the marriage procedures in Siming District, Xiamen.
Wang Shixian and Chen Long received the certificate.
After getting married, because Chen Long was preparing for the next game, and Wang Shixian happened to be pregnantand gave birth to their love crystallization in 2019 - "Little Coffee".
Wang Shixian is pregnant.
Not long after her son was born, Wang Shixian's graduate studies were nearing the endAfter graduation, he directly became the head coach of the Beijing Sports Badminton Team.
Due to the epidemic, the Tokyo Olympics had to be postponed, and the competition did not officially start until 2021, but what people didn't expect was that everyone thought that Chen Long would slack off in training after getting married, so they were not optimistic that he would win the award, but later he won the silver medal in men's singles.
Chen Long won the silver medal.
For Chen Long, he has no plans to retire now, but he does not forget to take some more time to spend with his wife and children, so as to better maintain this happy family.
Chen Long's family of three.
In Wang Shixian's heart, she has encountered many ups and downs in her previous competition experience, but she has never thought of giving up her badminton career, but has used her own practical actions to fulfill this commitment.
Although they are now going to different battlefields in their badminton careers, their ultimate goal is the same.