Original title: Celebrating his birthday with victory, Ou Xuanyi moves forward firmly towards his dream
On January 23, national badminton men’s doubles star Ou Xuanyi celebrated his 30th birthday, and he celebrated his birthday with a victory. On the first day of the Indonesia Badminton Masters, Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi reversed the Danish combination Kjaer/Sougard 2-1 and entered the top 16 of the men’s doubles.
Ou Xuanyi is a late bloomer in the national badminton. Compared with his peers, he achieved results later, and he once had the idea of retiring. However, with the encouragement of people around him and the guidance of his coach, Ou Xuanyi persevered and continued. He immersed himself in training without any distractions, and finally waited for the opportunity.
In 2022, the national badminton men’s doubles will be reorganized. Ou Xuanyi, who is 1.89 meters tall, and Liu Yuchen, the Tokyo Olympic men’s doubles runner-up and 1.93 meters tall, will form the “new twin towers”. In 2022, when the National Badminton Men’s Doubles was at its most difficult, he and Liu Yuchen stood up and won the Indonesian Open, Australian Open and year-end finals, becoming the “top” combination of the National Badminton Men’s Doubles that year.
Ou Xuanyi is shy and talks little, but during the game, he has a different temperament. The 2023 Sudirman Cup will allow more people to know the “European Brother” in the mouth of the national badminton players. In the semi-finals, the Chinese team fell behind 1 to 2. Ou Xuanyi/Liu Yuchen fell behind 16 to 20 in the decider with the Japanese pair Takuro Hoki/Yugo Kobayashi, saving 4 match points and finally achieved a great comeback. Became the biggest contributor to the Chinese team’s advancement to the finals. In the last few minutes, Ou Xuanyi attacked decisively and accurately judged the throw-in, showing his “big heart”. After winning this cliff-edge duel and returning to the warm-up field, everyone was thanking “Brother Ou” for saving the team, but Brother Ou said: “I was also saving myself.”
After winning the Sudirman Cup, Ou Xuanyi became the world champion. He was very happy. “When I was a kid, people asked me about my dream of playing badminton. I said becoming a world champion, but it felt very far away from me.” Now that his dream of becoming a world champion has come true, his next wish is to participate in the Paris Olympics.
At present, Ou Xuanyi and Liu Yuchen are ranked seventh in the Paris Olympic points competition. Before the Olympic points competition ends on April 27, every Olympic points competition is very important to them. In the 2023 season, they fell into a slump after the Sudirman Cup, but recovered their form in time at the end of the year and rekindled their hope of participating in the Olympics.
Since Ou Xuanyi and Liu Yuchen partnered up, the outside world will consciously or unconsciously compare Ou Xuanyi with Liu Yuchen’s Tokyo cycle partner Li Junhui. Whenever Ou Xuanyi is questioned, Liu Yuchen will always stand up and encourage “Brother Ou”. On the day of Ou Xuanyi’s 30th birthday, Liu Yuchen specially posted a message on social platforms to wish “Brother Ou” a happy birthday.
On the 23rd, in the Indonesian Masters match against the Danish combination, Ou Xuanyi/Liu Yuchen had a hard time. After three fierce battles, they narrowly defeated their opponents 18-21, 21-13, 22-20. Although it is difficult, persistence will lead to victory, just like Ou Xuanyi’s experience along the way. No matter how difficult it is in the future, he will continue to move forward firmly towards his dream. (Reporter Zhou Yuan)
2024-01-24 02:50:08
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