During the break, Shi joked with his teammates, "I almost forgot what it was like to go downtown last time." Guo Yu's last international competition abroad was the All England Open last March. After returning home, the team entered a state of long and closed training.
Strategic retirement is still controllable.
It is expected to return to the international stage in May.
Affected by the international epidemic, many national sports teams are undergoing strategic retirement, and Guoyu is one of them.
Zhang Jun, president of China Badminton Association, said in an interview today that such a strategic choice has not had a particularly great impact on China badminton players' Olympic points. "Because of the epidemic, we gave up several races, which will have a certain impact on the world ranking. Looking at it now, we didn't participate in the Olympic points competition of the Swiss Open, which didn't have much influence on the Olympic points. We are considering allowing players to better maintain points while ensuring health. "
Counting, Guoyu has faded out of the international arena for a year. The last time he went abroad to participate in an international competition was last year's All England Open.
The Sudirman Cup World Badminton Mixed Team Championship originally scheduled to be held in Suzhou in May has been officially postponed, which will affect Guoyu's Olympic scoring battle to some extent. Recently, the International Olympic Committee has just confirmed that the Singapore Open, which will be held from June/KLOC-0 to June 6, will be the last Olympic qualifier for badminton in Tokyo Olympic Games.
In view of this, Zhang Jun said that the expected time for their return to the international arena is now May. "At present, our plan is to participate in Malaysia first in May, then the Singapore Open and the Asian Championships. Prior to this, there were preliminaries of the National Games in early April in China, and all players would return to their local teams to participate. " "We are very eager to let the players participate in the competition and understand the state of the competition."
According to the current world ranking, Guo meets the requirements of fully participating in men's singles, women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles, but only one pair of players in men's doubles ranks in the top eight, and only one ticket can be obtained according to regulations.
Encounter difficulties in a special period
Touch your opponent's ass remotely through video
Zhang Jun said that in the past year, many international competitions were not held. They mainly exercise their players' combat ability through their own simulated confrontation, watching their opponents' video materials and game videos, and the Super League and national championships held last year.
"Now I can't see the performance of players from various national teams up close, but now there are good videos and matches. We are now conducting targeted training through the original (opponent information) and the video. " Xia Xuanze, vice chairman of China Badminton Association, added.
New captain? zheng si wei
Previously, Guo Yu's new captain candidate had been in an uncertain state, but today, this suspense finally came to an end. Is it the new captain? Zheng Siwei.
Zheng Siwei is the first badminton mixed doubles player in the world. Just last week, he just celebrated his 24th birthday.
When talking about the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games, the new captain said that the biggest difficulty at this stage is the lack of actual combat with international opponents.
"The preparations for the war should be smooth so far. The only difficulty is that we have no chance to participate in some international competitions because of the epidemic. Through the competition, we can better find the gap with foreign rivals. But look forward to the Olympics. " Zheng Siwei said.
Southern training helps to adjust.
Shi's injury recovered by 90% to 100%.
Only training, no competition, in the long run, athletes are easy to get hurt. Xia Xuanze said that this situation had happened in the national badminton team before, but after updating the matching "training+treatment" program and moving the training place to the warmer south (Lingshui, Hainan and Jinjiang, Fujian), the situation improved.