Uncrowned King Li Zongwei suffered from cancer at the age of 36 and spent nearly 10 million yuan t

Mondo Sports Updated on 2024-01-30

Do you have any friends around you who are interested in playing badminton?

Do you still remember Li Zongwei, the second thousand-year-old but also a feather god general?If you are concerned about the development of badminton in China.

When it comes to Li Zongwei, I have to say that his career and life are not all smooth sailing.

Lee Chong Wei put his career first, and once ranked first in the men's singles of the Badminton Federation for more than two consecutive years, but he fell into a long-term second position.

What is even more sympathetic is that Lee Chong Wei unfortunately suffered from cancer at the age of 36, which is really ill-fated.

How many untold stories are hidden in Lee Chong Wei?What about his current condition?

Although Lee Chong Wei's ancestral home is said to be in Fujian, during his grandfather's time, he moved to Malaysia with his family to avoid war and business.

Claiming to be doing business, but in reality it's just a fruit stand on the street.

In Malaysia, before Lee Chong Wei was born, the life of the Lee family was not as people wanted.

Even Lee Chong Wei's arrival was an accident in itself, because his parents' financial situation was not stable at that time, so after already having a son and a daughter, they actually had no plans to have any more children.

Therefore, Lee Chong Wei was almost given away to others when he was born.

Fortunately, although Lee Chong Wei's mother, Xu Jinshui, did not receive much education, she showed a competent motherhood, and she chose to stay by her side to raise Lee Chong Wei despite all kinds of pressure.

However, although it is a blessing to have the love of a mother, this has not changed the reality of the Li family's financial difficulties.

According to rumors, Lee Chong Wei's brother had to drop out of school at the age of 16 to work to earn money to support his family.

Li Zongwei's childhood was full of guilt, because his family expected him to excel in his Xi, but in reality his academic performance was not satisfactory.

Although Li Zongwei's academic Xi results are not satisfactory, his physical fitness is very good. Perhaps because he has been involved in physical activity since he was a child, the physical education teacher valued him very much and was appreciated in school.

Lee Chong Wei did not start out playing badminton, but basketball.

However, due to the lack of height advantage due to malnutrition and poor jumping ability, after several years of hard work, Lee Chong Wei finally had to give up.

Just when Lee Chong Wei thought he had nothing to do with sports, an unexpected turning point came.

Lee Chong Wei and his father came into contact with badminton by chance when they went to visit friends, and as a result, they showed extraordinary talent.

At first, the father was not optimistic about his son's talent in badminton, because at that time, playing basketball might have more opportunities for development, and badminton was relatively niche, so what could he achieve even if he played well?

Fortunately, my friend was impressed by Lee Chong Wei's badminton potential, so after many persuasions, he finally prompted Lee Chong Wei to accept methodical badminton training.

In fact, there was no systematic training, but Lee Chong Wei was allowed to play badminton at home every day.

Can Lee Chong Wei's fate be changed by badminton?

Perhaps influenced by his parents' education, although his elders allowed Lee Chong Wei to play with him for free, as a strong person, Lu Chong Wei was actually not very willing to trouble others all the time.

Therefore, after Lee Chong Wei initially mastered the skills of badminton, he began to save money by picking up rags, and finally bought a set of badminton equipment on his own.

Next, Lee Chong Wei made great efforts in order to achieve good results in the badminton competition. Whenever he has free time, he picks up his racket and trains it, and he almost devotes himself to it day and night.

Lee Chong Wei's efforts were not in vain, and soon after a local badminton tournament was held, he participated in and eventually won the championship, not only showing his strength, but also winning a considerable amount of money!

What makes Lee Chong Wei happiest is that many schools have invited him to be a badminton coach after seeing his superb level in badminton.

Lee Chong Wei should have thought that playing badminton could indeed change his fate.

Subsequently, Lee Chong Wei served as the school coach on the one hand, and on the other hand, he continued to work hard to learn Xi, and applied for the Malaysian national team many times.

However, it wasn't until three years later that Lee Chong Wei was able to join the national team for various reasons.

Lee Chong Wei was 17 years old that year.

Lee Chong Wei showed his strength after joining the national team, winning the World Championships that year, leaving a deep impression on people.

At the age of 17, Lee Chong Wei finally fulfilled his wish and successfully entered the national team and became a key training target.

There is no doubt that Lee Chong Wei still has a lot of room for improvement in badminton, as there is never a shortage of talent in the world, especially his fateful opponent Lin Dan.

At the 2004 Athens Olympics, Lee Chong Wei and Lin Dan faced off for the first time, and Lin Dan eliminated him, leaving him out of the quarterfinals.

Lee Chong Wei suffered a huge blow because of this, you must know that before this, he had won many championships!

Lee Chong Wei's defeat this time did not reveal his lack of strength, after all, as we all know, if he did not meet Lin Dan, Li Chong Wei should be able to enter the semi-finals even if he could not win the championship.

However, Lee Chong Wei has not yet realised that Lin Dan will continue to be his tricky opponent in the future.

At the 2011 World Championships in London, Lee Chong Wei went all the way and almost won the championship. Unfortunately, he eventually lost to Lin Dan.

However, in this year, Lee Chong Wei did not get nothing, such as he met Huang Miaozhu and held a wedding in November last year!

Lee then seemed to run out of luck, and shortly after his marriage, he sprained his foot while training, which prevented him from competing at the London 2012 Olympics.

Lee Chong Wei is understandably frustrated, as winning a gold medal at the Olympics is the highest honour for any athlete.

However, Lee Chong Wei's doom is far from over.

Let's start with Lee Chong Wei's misfortune in his career, which is what happened to Chinese badminton player Lin Dan.

Although Lee Chong Wei has actually performed better than Lin Dan in many international competitions, for some reason, whenever he meets Lin Dan, Lee Chong Wei always ends in failure, which makes people wonder if these two people are destined to become fatal enemies

The well-known athlete, a three-time champion in the badminton finals, has revealed that he would rather beat Lin Dan than win it.

His inner demon is already Lin Dan.

Lin Dan was speechless as Lee Chong Wei finally defeated him in the semi-finals of the 2016 Olympic Games, but he faced Chen Long again in the finals.

Lee Chong Wei defeated Lin Dan and got his wish, but unfortunately missed the championship, and it is really difficult to figure out whether he should cry or laugh afterwards.

However, it was not this incident that made Lee Chong Wei most anxious.

Although it failed this time, it would be nice to try to win it back next time. However, the doctor told Lee Chong Wei that your body can no longer do strenuous exercise, and it is better to change to a relaxed job position.

Although most people think that playing badminton is not as intense as football and basketball, it takes unbearable hard work to perform well on the badminton court.

Little Lee Chong Wei has too much on his shoulders, so it is not surprising that his body is overloaded.

However, Li Zongwei was unwilling to do this.

In 2018, Lee Chong Wei continued to train while still enduring the pain on the field, and finally lost to Lin Dan again.

However, no one will laugh at Lee Chong Wei at this time, because it is known that his health is already extremely poor, in addition to the injuries caused by long-term overtraining, he also suffers from nose and throat cancer!

It is no longer a question whether he will be able to return to the playing field, and even how long he will live has become a question!

What is Lee Chong Wei's current status?

Lee Chong Wei ended his final career in Yulin in 2016 before he had to face the long and painful challenge of readjusting to life.

Although Lee Chong Wei's cancer is in the early stage, there are still chances, but the process is not easy.

During Li Zongwei's acceptance of **, his throat almost lost its function, and he could only rely on nutritional injections to barely maintain his life.

The athlete, who had gained a wealth of experience on the field, was now confined to a hospital bed, completely dependent on his wife and medical staff.

Fortunately, after 33 times of electrotherapy and many other **, Li Zongwei finally got through the difficulties, spending nearly 10 million. God forbid.

Lee Chong Wei's throat was also hit so hard that even swallowing became a problem.

However, the funny thing is that the first thing Li Zongwei did just after ** was to ask Lin Dan if he had participated in any competitions, and he wanted to fight Lin Dan again!

The family didn't dare to let Li Zongwei play again!The doctor also warned Li Zongwei that your body can no longer withstand the toss, don't let your family worry about you anymore!

In 2020, although Li Zongwei was in good health, he had no choice but to end his sports career in regret.

Although Li Zongwei and Lin Dan have an atmosphere of fatal enemies in the arena, they have a good relationship in private.

Lin Dan went to motivate Lee Chong Wei many times, when he was suffering from cancer.

They are rivals in the ring, but in life they are each other's confidants.

When 2022 arrived, Lee Chong Wei's wife Huang Miaozhu welcomed their third son, which undoubtedly brought a little comfort to Lee Chong Wei, who was suffering from illness.

After many times, Li Zongwei's body is still emaciated, and it is unbearable to worry.

In May 2023, Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei were inducted into the BWF Hall of Fame at the same time.

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