Chapter 18 6. The Olympic Games are coming soon, and the world is full of slander

The Korea Open at the beginning of 2008 is a tournament that we value more.After I made it to the finals, something unpleasant happened. My opponent in the men's singles final, Lee Hyun-il, was in very good condition at the time. He had just won the championship in one match, reshaping the status of "No. 1 brother" in South Korea.The game was extremely fierce, and at the critical moment when the score of the deciding game reached 21, Lee Hyun-il's return ball was thrown into bounds by the line referee.And I thought it was a foul, so I appealed to the referee.The referee said that Li Xuanyi scored because his line of sight was blocked.Then I will definitely not agree. I said that the ball is obviously out of bounds, and I hope he changes the sentence.Not only because the score has reached a critical match point, but also there have been at least four or four misjudgments in this game before.Seeing my complaint, Li Mao, the Chinese coach on the coaching bench of the South Korean team, was also anxious.The referee helped me correct the four previous misjudgments. Now seeing the pressure from the host team South Korea, the referee made up his mind and dared not change the verdict easily.Because that ball is likely to determine the outcome of this game.

At that time, coach Li Mao pointed the finger at me and said, "I have awarded you the previous award, why should I award it to you?" When I heard this, I was a little anxious.It's not because of what will happen if I win or lose this game, but I think we are all Chinese. I can't accept that you care about me as a player.We quarreled like this.At this time, the coaches of both sides came up to pull me. Li Mao was held back by the assistant coach of the South Korean team, and our coach Zhong Bo also came to persuade me.At that time, Coach Li Mao pointed at me when he was rushing towards me. In order to protect me, Director Zhong went up and pushed him away. In the end, he pointed at Zhong Bo and scolded him again, as if he was going to do something.I was very angry and not calm enough, so I threw the racket out.The last incident was referred to by the media as the "Korean quarrel".

If the other coaches of the South Korean team said anything about me, I would ignore it.But coach Li Mao and we are both Chinese after all. If the South Korean team has any opinions on me, I don't think he should be the first to stand up.As a Chinese, he acted more excited than a Korean, which really pissed me off.Although some media later said that I was "uncultivated" and "immoral", it is really disgraceful for the Koreans to manipulate the game like this.The media doesn't understand the situation, and I don't want to make more excuses. As a third-party witness to the conflict, the Czech referee Momia also admitted afterwards that there was indeed a wrong judgment on the court.However, because his line of sight was blocked and he was misled by the lines referee and the TV referee, he made the wrong penalty.Not only my match, Lee Chong Wei had a 1-1 tie with Lee Hyun-il in the second round, and he suddenly withdrew from the match due to fever, which was rumored to be a protest against the referee.

If you pay a little attention, you will find that not only this time in 2008, but also in the previous Asian Games in Busan, there was an incident where Taufik was on strike because of protesting against the referee.Chinese women's doubles Gao Ling/Huang Sui also received unfair treatment during the match. At that time, Li Yongbo was so anxious that he went up and slapped the referee on the back of the head.But in the final analysis, or the IBF failed to play a regulatory role.This kind of thing that makes everyone angry is happening every year. But after the incident, I can understand it.At that time, I thought everyone was Chinese, and Li Mao was the coach, so how could he help the Koreans to deal with me?But after calming down, I also understood that coach Li Mao is a professional coach, and he will do what he should do with the salary issued by the Korean Badminton Association.He was serving the South Korean team at that time, so he should have his heart for South Korea, there is nothing wrong with that.

Li Mao is a very good coach, there is no doubt about it, at least I think his efficiency is very high.Before, he brought my seniors Sun Jun and Dong Jiong, who were the top two players in Chinese men's singles at that time.He also brought Sun Shengmo and Lee Hyun-il, who were once relatively sluggish Korean men's singles, and Sun Shengmo also won the runner-up in the Athens Olympics.Later, he went to Malaysia to coach Lee Chong Wei.You will find that in a limited time, he has helped these athletes improve a bit and improved the local men's singles level. Because he never took me with him, I usually call him "Uncle Mao" when we meet.We are all just normal people just earning our paychecks and supporting our own families.As a team member, I showed my most professional state, so Li Mao was not wrong as a coach at that time.It's just that we're both a little out of control.

The professionalization and internationalization of sports is a trend. Otherwise, there would be no Lang Ping coaching the American women's volleyball team, no Messi joining Barcelona, ​​and Nowitzki not going to play in the NBA.Whether it is a coach or an athlete, it represents the professionalism of this sport—since you are here, you must play for this club and this national team. Not long after the turmoil in South Korea subsided, we went to Jinjiang, Fujian to prepare for the Tangyou Cup that year, and the so-called "beating the master" broke out again.I was once again regarded as a "bad boy" by the media and became the "villain" of the badminton team.

The course of the matter is very strange.We played an intra-team game in the training hall.On the third day after the match, a media report suddenly said: "Lin Dan punched coach Ji Xinpeng in public." Because I was busy with training, I didn't know the news at all.Until I received countless calls in Jinjiang, I still felt inexplicable. In fact, this is a very small thing.The team was divided into two groups in the Thomas Cup simulation match that day.For example, if I, Chen Long, and Du Pengyu add two pairs of men's doubles, we are in Group A. The men's singles in Group B include Chen Jin, Bao Chunlai and others.The game reached the fifth game, which was the third singles of the two sides.At this time, Chen Long won, so naturally our Group A won.As a result, coach Zhong Bo made a mistake. He counted Chen Long as a member of Group B and announced that Group B won.At that time, those of us who had finished the game were resting on the sidelines, and suddenly the coach announced that we had lost, so we must be in a hurry, so we went up to review the game with them.At that time, everyone was very devoted to playing this game. If they suddenly said that we lost, they must not want to, and they must be in a hurry.What's more, if Chen Long is a member of Group B, wouldn't it be that we are cheering for our opponents?To be honest, I'm not the kind of person with a particularly gentle personality. At that time, I shouted from a distance: "How is it possible?"

It was not Ji Xinpeng's fault at all.He was an assistant coach, not the one who lined up, he was just in charge of announcing the results.When I yelled like this, he might also be a little dazed.He was not polite, just quarreled with me.Both of them had quite loud voices, and the media present all turned their heads to look at them.At this time, Zhong Bo had already realized that he had made a mistake and kept silent, but he couldn't stop it at that time.Because there are many media, no one can say too much, but the attitudes of both sides are not very good.Unfortunately, if only our team members were there at the time, the quarrel might have passed and nothing would happen.But in front of the media, I yelled at Ji Xinpeng. As an Olympic champion and a coach, he must feel that he has lost face.

Everyone thought that the matter was over like this, and the next day was indeed nothing.Who knows that on the third day, the media suddenly broke out such news, and it was a media in Shenzhen that was not present that day. Isn't that strange?Things got a little out of hand.Because at that time, this incident had been hyped as not Lin Dan's own business, but turned into a vicious incident of the entire badminton team, and some people even began to attack Director Li, accusing the team of loose management.Only then did Director Li realize that something was wrong, so he approached Ji Xinpeng and said, "At this time, you must come forward and explain something, because it has already hurt the team." But Ji Xinpeng said, "I want to ask my family for their opinions. .”

Then no one would have thought that he would disappear just like that.The phone is turned off, and no one is in the team.When the team was training, he suddenly left for two or three days, and no one could find him. This incident became more and more troublesome, and the whole team was very unhappy.Because this is not a big deal, it can be resolved internally.Director Li told me: "You may not have a good time during this period, because many spearheads will be pointed at you. But you still have to prepare well, and don't be too distracted by these things." From his words, I found that that Director Li was already a little sad. After all, Ji Xinpeng was an athlete he had trained. How could he ignore the team and disappear for two or three days for no reason?

I couldn't figure it out even more. When we were training in Zhuhai at the end of 2007, Ji Xinpeng lived next door to me and came to my room to play cards every day.At that time, he lived with Director Zhong, and he had nothing to do after dinner at night, so he came to my room and said, "Come on, let's make a frying pan." At that time, we played continuously and were together almost every day.When it came to the training camp in 2008, I don’t know why there was such a fuss all of a sudden. A few days later, Ji Xinpeng updated his blog.In this blog post titled "My Answer", he wrote: "On April 8th, Lin Dan had some unpleasantness with me, and Lin Dan has already apologized to me yesterday afternoon! For the sake of the national interest, for the stability and unity of the team, I don't want to affect my preparations for the Olympics, this matter has passed. Thank you fans and friends for your concern for me, let us prepare for the Olympics with peace of mind! Thank you everyone!" Ji Xinpeng is my predecessor, the men's singles champion of the Sydney Olympic Games, and everyone calls him "Old Ji".Lao Ji is a legend in the badminton team.His participation in the Sydney Olympics was decided in the last 5 minutes.Originally, the coach chose Chen Hong, not him.And he has won two championships in his career, a Japanese Open champion and an Olympic champion.This is his life, you can't accept it. Later, after the matter was investigated clearly, I heard that Ji Xinpeng called his family after he went back that night, and he may have said: "I am very uncomfortable today, and I quarreled with Lin Dan." Come up and do it."As a result, the news was leaked to the uninformed media, and a small flame was eventually expanded into a disaster.The boss (Li Yongbo) also asked Ji Xinpeng later: "Do you know your family?" When something like this happens, the team will definitely be the most injured.We were all trained by the Chinese team, but because of such an incident, when the team needed him, he chose to disappear, which ultimately hurt the relationship between him and the team.As a young player, I was a little excited to talk to Big Brother, which is my fault, but this is a family matter and can be said behind closed doors.The most regrettable thing is that Lao Jiren is not bad, but in the end he had to leave the national team.Because the whole team knew about it, it was difficult for the team members to communicate with him heart-to-heart.Without trust between coaches and players, there is no way to cooperate.It's a loss for the team and for him. Five or five years or even longer after this incident, Lao Ji may not care about the unhappiness between us at that time.It's just that he certainly didn't expect that his life would change like this because of such a trivial matter. After the Beijing Olympics, I told the media again and again that I always wanted to use my achievements to tell everyone that I am not only a good player, but also a very healthy athlete.I'm not like what others think, I feel great after winning the championship, I will be impulsive, and I even beat the coach, it's not like that at all. After these quarrels and misunderstandings, I am also reflecting: the times have changed, and the way of communication between coaches and players has also undergone tremendous changes.When we were young, it was very common for us to be kicked by the coach twice, or the coach came up to slap you.Parents can't wait to clap their hands and cheer: "Okay, the coach is strict." Of course, I also admit that strict discipline is good for boys.But in the face of today's young people, you must not use such a gesture to communicate with them.They don't bother at all.He directly tells you "what's so great about being a world champion", and you have nothing to say.Only by making friends with them first, and using more subtle means to make them trust you, they will naturally be willing to talk to you.To treat children with different personalities, you can't cook a pot of porridge and eat it together, the effect will definitely not be good. In my opinion, a coach can lead no more than three athletes under his command, and no more.A bowl of water, if you let everyone drink a little, it can only quench their thirst.But for scientific training, what a player needs is not just to quench his thirst, what he wants is for the coach to help him supplement the "trace elements" he needs.That's completely different.Because your creativity and energy are limited.In our current situation, most of the time, one head coach leads 10 players, and the effect can only be so.Training will be more effective and targeted only when one-to-one, fine-to-fine is achieved.So, we still have a lot of room to grow.