[Source: Hunan Daily] Cai Jinyi, special correspondent of all media of Hunan Daily, "I finally waited for you. Fortunately, I did not give up. Happiness does not come easily..." This song is dedicated to the "Fanchen" group who realize their dreams, and also to The “first gold me

[Source: Hunan Daily]

Cai Jinyi, special all-media reporter of Hunan Daily

"I finally waited for you. Fortunately, I didn't give up. Happiness is not easy to come..." This song is dedicated to the "Fanchen" group who realize their dreams. , and also presented the "first gold in Hunan" that I had been looking forward to for 8 days.

Jia Yifan (right) and Chen Qingchen at the award ceremony. Xinhua News Agency reported

html On the evening of August 3, the badminton women’s doubles award ceremony was being held in the purple La Chapelle Stadium in Paris. Standing on the highest podium, Hunan athlete Jia Yifan quietly took off the ring on his hand and put it on the hand of his partner Chen Qingchen.

Their ten-year appointment finally came to a romantic ending in the romantic city of Paris.

"Fanchen" combination celebrates winning the competition. Xinhua News Agency posted

"I still want to prepare for the next Paris Olympics with Qingchen. In the next three years, I will spare no effort!" On August 2, 2021, almost exactly three years ago, Jia Yi, who won the silver medal at that time Fan, with red eyes, said these words in the Musashino Forest Gymnasium in Tokyo. That year was the 7th year that "Fanchen" had partnered. From then on, they had a "ten-year agreement."

"I'm very lucky that it's still early morning for the people around me." Today, 3 years later, the gold medals around their necks are shining brightly. It is the two people's mutual support and no room for mercy along the way that have brought about the light at this moment. Radiate.

Jia Yifan and Chen Qingchen, two Cancer girls who were both born in June 1997, one is an e person and the other is an i person, but they perfectly form the "best partner". In the mixed mining area, they often split the answer to a question in half, and then you and I take over the answer one by one. This is a habit of their conversations, and it is also the most natural tacit understanding in the past ten years.

"It's incredible! The moment the last ball hit the ground, I couldn't believe that I had a Grand Slam!" After the game, Jia Yifan said that until a month ago, she was still hospitalized due to pneumonia. , the high fever did not go away for 4 days, and the situation was very bad. "I was in pain and fear during that week in hospital because I knew I would be training early in the morning, and I could only imagine how hard it must have been for her. To this day, when I think about it, it's hard to imagine how I got through it. .”

The Chinese team won the championship and second place. Xinhua News Agency

Women's doubles has always been the traditional strength of the Chinese badminton team. From Atlanta in 1996 to London in 2012, the Chinese team achieved five consecutive championships. However, there was a decline in the Rio Olympic cycle, and the Chinese women's doubles stopped in that session. The top four. In the last edition, "Fanchen", who competed in the Olympics for the first time, worked hard all the way to return the Chinese women's doubles to the finals.

After entering the Paris Olympic cycle, "Fanchen" has a heavier burden on his shoulders. Speaking of the difficulty of the "ten-year agreement", Jia Yifan admitted frankly that "Fan Chen" did bear too much in the two cycles, "But I think the facts have proved that 'Fan Chen' reached its peak in two cycles!" The facts are also true. It proves that three years ago, "Fan Chen" stood on the Olympic podium together. Three years later, except for them, everyone on the stage has changed.

At this time, Chen Qingchen, who seemed to be "praising", also laughed at himself: "Yeah, if I don't fight for two times, I really can't get (the gold medal)." Then, the "Fanchen" group looked at him in unison Next to them, the junior sisters, runner-up combination Liu Shengshu / Tan Ning , four Chinese girls, laughed together.(Hunan Daily, Paris, August 3)