“Mortal Combination” has good luck
Jia Yifan and Chen Qingchen reach the Asian Games badminton women’s doubles final
Xiaoxiang Morning News reporter Zhou Shihao reported from Changsha
On October 6, the Chinese badminton women’s doubles pair Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan performed a tearful comeback in the women’s doubles semifinals of the Hangzhou Asian Games. They won 16:21, 21:9, 21:12. The results were reversed by the strong South Korean combination Kim So Young/Kong Hee Yong and entered the finals. During the intermission of the first game, the on-site DJ played the song “Good Luck Comes”, and in the subsequent two games, the “Mortal Combination”‘s good luck indeed came. Jia Yifan jokingly said after the game: “I lost the first game, so of course I had to change my song for good luck, and “Good Luck Comes” is very suitable!”
After the game, Jia Yifan said: “I have the best partner in the world in Chen Qingchen. I am very lucky that she is standing next to me instead of opposite me.” What a wonderful bond there is between two girls in their prime. , support them till now? Jia Yifan said: “Even if I don’t want to fight anymore, I want to give up, as long as I think that my partner is still there, I have a responsibility. This may be the charm of doubles.”
The world champion who can’t hold back his tears
In this semi-final, Jia Yifan scratched the skin of his leg while falling to the ground to save the ball, and blood immediately spilled on the field. After a simple treatment, Jia Yifan returned to the court and took the initiative with a more aggressive offensive. Jia Yifan admitted frankly that the burden placed on him in the team competition was too big, and his performance was poor. However, when dealing with the last few key goals in this game, the mentality of the “Mortal Combination” became even more peaceful. Jia Yifan said: “Our mentality on the court also affects our performance in the game. Athletes all hope to perform well, but not every time they can do so. What we can do is try our best to fight and fight, because If you work hard, God will not let you down.”
The tears of athletes are always particularly easy to arouse the empathy of the audience. Whether it is joy or regret, excitement or helplessness, tears have many meanings, but for athletes, every time they shed tears, it is a re-construction of their own psychology. Regardless of whether honor is added to them, the yearning for honor has never diminished. . Jia Yifan is an athlete who sheds tears easily. She can be caught crying in almost every competition.
At the 2023 World Badminton Championships at the end of August this year, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan defeated the Indonesian Olympic champion combination Rahayu/Ramadandi and once again won the women’s doubles world championship. Jia Yifan burst into tears on the spot. Orbital; Some time ago, in the Tokyo Olympics badminton women’s doubles final, the Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan combination lost 0-2 to the Indonesian combination Polly/Rahayu and won a silver medal. At the award ceremony after the game , Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan first stared at the Indonesian team wearing the gold medal for a long time, with envious but unwilling expressions on their faces, and then the two hugged each other and burst into tears; and this time at the Asian Games, the two The women’s team was in poor condition during the game. During the post-game interview, Jia Yifan was sad and shed tears again…
Not wanting to be controlled by his father, he went to Yiyang to learn football at the age of 8
Jia Yifan and his partner Chen Qingchen are the number one badminton women’s doubles team in the world today. In the eyes of fans, their victory is a matter of course. Such expectations are enough to make people breathless.
Jia Yifan said: “It is easy to conquer a country, but it is difficult to defend a country. No one wants to perform well than ourselves.” Although there are always various possibilities for success or failure, when they stand on the court, Jia Yifan and Chen Qingchen are all The person who the world most desires to hold victory in his hands.
Jia Yifan, who was born in Tianjin in 1997, started playing badminton when he was 5 years old and gradually showed his talent. When she was 8 years old, her family planned to send her to Yiyang to learn football. “At that time, my parents asked me if I wanted to go, and I immediately said, ‘Go, go, go.’ Because my father was too strict with me when I was a child. If I did my homework and didn’t write the words in the grid, he would criticize me. “I heard that going to Yiyang can help me get away from my dad’s management…” Jia Yifan recalled that after his parents sent him to the sports school in Yiyang to learn badminton, they immediately experienced the hard work and fatigue of training, but “this period of hardship “An interesting training time” also laid the solid foundation for Jia Yifan’s career.
Jia Yifan recalled, “Among the players who joined the team (Hunan Provincial Team) in the same group, I felt that I might be the most ordinary in terms of physical condition, muscle type, physical characteristics and other objective conditions, as well as my understanding and feeling of the ball. “.” But it is this “ordinaryness” that has achieved the world status of the national feather women’s doubles today.
In 2013, Jia Yifan entered the national youth team. In the India Gold Tournament in early 2014, Jia Yifan and his partner Chen Qingchen officially joined hands to form a team, and the two teamed up to compete in all directions. In the past 9 years, the two have experienced countless heart-beating moments, and also experienced the confusion of not being able to see the way forward clearly. The way they determined their goals is to carry the national feather women’s doubles banner, in a career of losing and winning. , they continue to explore each other’s unbroken boundaries. “I will be there when you are there” and “I will follow if you want to”, these are the most tacit partnership declarations between the two.
Looking back now, the partnership between Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan complemented each other from the beginning. From an ignorant start to expanding their territory, the two gradually established themselves as the “Mortal Combination” in the world badminton world: the 2016 Badminton World Super Series Women’s Doubles Champion, the 2017 World Badminton Super Series Indonesia Open Women’s doubles champion, 2017 BWF China Super Championship women’s doubles champion, 2017 Badminton World Championships women’s doubles champion, 2019 All England Open women’s doubles champion, 2021 Badminton World Championships women’s doubles champion… Honors come one after another, Jia Yi Fan said that they are still determined, “It’s just that their once full desire for victory is mixed with the inseparable relationship with each other.”
Thinking that my partner is still there, I have a responsibility
Jia Yifan believes that he is more mature than before, especially in controlling himself more freely.
“In the past, I only knew how to adjust when encountering failure, but now I know more clearly when to release and when to close.” Because the status of the country’s number one women’s doubles team cannot be lost, the stubborn Jia Yifan will win He takes losses very seriously, “I have summarized myself, why I am not as happy as I imagined after winning, but it is difficult to accept when I lose. Maybe it is too easy to get into trouble, which makes me a little negative. I am now learning to change my mood. , focus more on being yourself in the present moment. Because everyone has a different story to get to this point.”
In every event, the “Mortal Combination” is the biggest favorite to win the women’s doubles event. “If you win the ‘Fanchen Combination’, you will almost win that tournament.” This seemingly mocking statement made both Jia Yifan and Chen Qingchen feel stressed. “It is true that we are ranked No. 1 in the world. When everyone meets us, they will try their best to perform 200%.” Jia Yifan also admitted that almost all opponents are studying the combination of himself and Chen Qingchen, but the world The first ranking is not a talisman that guarantees victory. “We want to win all the games, but in fact, this cannot happen every time.”
For example, in the women’s team series of the Asian Games, Jia Yifan and Chen Qingchen were in trouble, and both games ended in failure. “There are no absolutes in competitive sports, so I can’t guarantee that we will be in good shape and win the game. When we step onto the field, all we can do is risk ourselves and try our best to win the game,” Jia Yifan said.
Compared with the love for badminton when they were young, what supports the two of them now is more of their inner sense of responsibility. In their twenties, for them, the outside world also has countless wonderful things. However, now that we have reached this point, we still want to give ourselves and each other another chance.
After competing in the Tokyo Olympics, Jia Yifan also realized that as long as he continues to play, there will be wins and losses, and there will be sadness and happiness when there are wins and losses. Unless he ends his sports career, he will no longer be so worried. Jia Yifan once said to Chen Qingchen: “Actually, I really want to give up many times, but I am a doubles player. I feel that as long as you say I want to fight, I will fight with you. Even if I don’t want to fight, I I want to give up, but as long as I think that my partner is still there, I have a responsibility. This may be the charm of doubles.” Chen Qingchen also said the same thing to her. For them, who have always been in a state of challenge, no year has been easy. There are too many influences and factors behind losing and winning, and those details will not be known to outsiders.
For Jia Yifan, his partner has always been a pillar of support for him to move forward. During the ups and downs, Jia Yifan became more calm and calm. She said: “The difficulty of not knowing how to solve it is not actually difficult, it can only be said to be confusion. The real difficulty is that you know how to solve it, and you have to persevere to overcome it. At this time, the psychological suffering is difficult. . When you fail for the first time and fail for the second time, and you find a way to keep trying and making mistakes, that stage is the most full of thorns.”
On October 7, the badminton women’s doubles final of the Hangzhou Asian Games will also begin, and the focused “Mortal Combination” is ready to go.
Source Xiaoxiang Morning News
(First trial: Long Xiaolong Second trial: Jiang Jun Third trial: Wang Yaqi)
2023-10-07 01:22:57
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