Original title: dialogue | World champion Liu Cheng bid farewell to the national team: Paris Olympics, the National feather will be better and better

at the end of June this year, the man pair General Liu Cheng of the National feather announced his decision to retire from the national team, it opens a new life journey.

But even if he left the international arena, his heart was still inseparable from the big family of Guoyu.

In an exclusive interview with surging journalists recently, the world champion expressed optimism about Guoyu’s prospect of Paris Olympics, especially the development of man pair: “Compared with our opponents in the whole world, everyone is at the same level.”

“Because we are all new matches, the competition is less than that. As long as we play more games slowly and win more games, we will find confidence and experience from the victory, which will definitely get better and better.”

The doubles combination is just like “couple”

in his career, Liu Cheng, a famous champion of Guoyu doubles, left many glorious moments on the court.

World Championship champion, Thomas Cup champion, sodiman Cup champion, Asian Games champion…… He has won many international competitions.

12 years of national team career, more than 20 years of badminton career, for Liu Cheng, badminton has already become an integral part of life. In his view, what he got was not only the honor of champion, but also the tempering of will.

“After the life of professional athletes in the second decade, more importantly, they have exercised their own quality and the spirit of not giving up, as well as their serious and responsible attitude towards things. Because the life of athletes is relatively boring and monotonous, we should also learn to withstand loneliness, which is a good harvest.”

Although he has left the national team now, his attention to Guoyu is as usual. At present, Guoyu has entered the preparations for the Paris Olympics. Liu Cheng thinks that the team is on a good track.

“Now we are developing in a good direction. Let alone mixed pairs, both women’s singles and women’s couples have good prospects, and the combination of man pair pairs is very competitive. Now it seems that men’s singles are slightly less prominent.” He told the surging journalist.

Liu Cheng also expressed optimism about the man pair projects he had fought for many years: “The contingency of man pair will be relatively strong. Now our four pairs of man pair are new pairs, compared with the rivals of the whole world, everyone is basically at the same level.”

“Because we are all new matches, the competition is less than that. As long as we play more games slowly and win more games, we will find confidence and experience from the victory, which will definitely get better and better. For example, the newly matched Liang Weizhi/Wang Yi also won the championship (Japan Open) and played very well.”

In Liu Cheng’s view, sometimes the doubles combination needs some “metaphysics” to reach a tacit understanding, which is even somewhat similar to the relationship between husband and wife. It is better for one party to “tolerate”-because if both parties are too strong, on the contrary, it is easy to lead to continuous contradictions.

The complementation in synchronism is also very important. Bao Yixin, his partner with his mixed pair, is an example. The two married because of badminton and finally entered the marriage hall, he became a pair of “Swordsmen” in the badminton arena “.

“My personal mentality will be relatively natural, while my wife is relatively strong, which has brought me a positive impact. I will be inspired by her desire to win, so (the complementary character) is also very important.”

Dare to fight bayonets with opponents

as a predecessor who has been fighting in the international arena for many years, Liu Cheng also gave his own experience and suggestions to Guoyu man pair, who is currently striving for progress.

“The new combination has a sweet period. When the sweet period passes, there will be some (fluctuations), because after you play well, others will pay attention to you and start to study you.”

“So after being studied, you need to make changes and gradually make yourself more comprehensive. Only when you become comprehensive and weak points are not easy to be caught can your grades be improved, then continue to win and accumulate self-confidence, which will take shape slowly.”

In Liu Cheng’s view, everyone who can enter the national team has taken a 100% assiduous attitude to face the training. However, in addition to the technical and tactical abilities accumulated by usual training, psychology is also an important aspect that determines the performance of the competition.

“Many people will have great psychological fluctuation during the competition, because the competition gives people different psychological pressure and their desire for champions, so the ability to resist pressure is very important, we need to maintain a relatively stable mentality.”

As for how to improve their ability to resist pressure, Liu Cheng thinks that the key is to have more experience. At the same time, everyone is also cultivating the temperament of marching forward in a good environment of the team.

“Since I first entered the team, the team has always said that they should have the spirit of daring to shine their swords, dare to bear them, and dare to fight bayonets with their opponents. Everyone has always been in this state.”

Will not leave badminton in the future

After retiring from the national team, Liu Cheng first spent time with his family, but leaving the national team does not mean that he is far away from badminton.

Now he has a new identity-the coach of Xiamen team, but at the same time he is still training, representing Fujian team in domestic competitions as an athlete.

“Badminton will definitely be the whole of my career. It is impossible to leave. Now I have become a coach, so I will take the road of badminton teaching.” He told the surging journalist.

“No matter what you do, you will not leave badminton. It is not only out of emotion, but also because I have played basketball for so many years and have some experience, so it is better to be able to help, contribute your own value.”

Compared with the previous time in the national team, Liu Cheng said frankly that the current pace of life and time arrangement would be much easier, and the psychological pressure would not be so great, however, in such a different way of life, I will still make efforts for badminton.

Not long ago, he signed a contract with VICTOR, a well-known badminton brand, to become a global image spokesperson and continue to contribute to the development of badminton from more aspects.

“I hope I can do some things in badminton through endorsement brands, such as some activities to promote badminton and let more people see badminton together. We all hope that badminton will get better and better and let everyone participate.” (Pu Xiaolei)