On August 20, 2016 (July 18, 2016 in the lunar calendar), Chen Long won the badminton men's singles championship. Chen Long won the men's badminton singles championship. On August 20, 2016, Li Zongwei was depressed and retired at the Rio de Janeiro Convention and Exhibition Center. Reaching the Olympic men's singles final for the third consecutive time, the Malaysian star failed to get a new ending. Facing China player Chen Long, he lost to his opponent with two 18-21 goals. Following the Beijing and London Olympics, Li Zongwei won the third Olympic men's singles silver medal in his career. On the contrary, Chen Long, on the other side of the net, shook his arms and knelt down and roared. For the first time, he broke into the peak men's singles match at the Olympic Games. He defeated the top seed Li Zongwei in straight games in the final and won his first Olympic men's singles championship. Won the 23rd gold medal in the Rio Olympics for China. In the previous bronze medal match, two-time Olympic champion Lin Dan lost 1-2 to Danish newcomer Ancelon, regrettably he missed the medal. Only one day ago, Chen Long and Li Zongwei had a heart-stirring battle between Lin and Li. The decisive game defeated Lin Dan 22-20. Li Zongwei defeated the mountain that had been weighing on him for many years. "Break the devil and stand up from where you fell," Malaysian media reported extensively on Lee Zongwei's semi-final victory. However, in order to win the first individual Olympic gold medal, Malaysia's No. 1 brother will continue to pass the "Dragon Pass" in the finals-this is Li Zongwei's last chance to win the Olympic gold medal, and it is also the perfect opportunity for Chen Long to announce his successor to Lin Dan. Over the past sports career, Chen Long and Li Zongwei have met 25 times, and China's famous players are slightly disadvantaged with 12 wins and 13 losses. At the same time, since the 2015 China Open, Li Zongwei has maintained a winning record in the last four matches between the two, including this year's Malaysian Open final and Asian Championships final. After losing four consecutive times, Chen Long had no psychological advantage at all. On the contrary, Li Zongwei, who had just defeated Lin Dan, was in full swing. For this reason, even if Chen Long entered the Olympic final for the first time after winning the semi-finals, he was unwilling to say much in an interview after the game. Looking back at the previous two men's singles finals, Li Zongwei lost accurate control of the ball, was restricted in front of the net, and was inefficient in strong attacks. He was completely suppressed by Super Dan and finally lost the game. In Rio, Li Zongwei, who once again reached the finals, changed his disadvantage that year, especially on the offensive end. In the first game, in addition to the slow start, after the battle reached 5-4, the Malay star maintained the lead in the score all the way. But in the middle of the first game, Li Zongwei's mistakes began to increase, and Chen Long's backcourt smashes were more open. 14-13, China young man overtook the score. Since then, Li Zongwei still made frequent mistakes in the confrontation in front of the net. Chen Long took the opportunity to seize the opportunity, relied on rapid strong attacks to take the lead, and took the next game first with 21-18. In the second game, Li Zongwei's feeling rebounded slightly, and the two sides were entangled quite tightly at the beginning. But after the battle reached 8-8, veteran Li Zongwei seemed to have physical problems and his offensive efficiency declined. On the contrary, Chen Long's condition continued to rise, and he controlled the ball well, leading the score to 11-8 at one point. Subsequently, the tenacious Li Zongwei and Chen Long staged many wonderful multi-beat confrontations. Unfortunately, although the backward Malaysian brother tried to turn the tide, when the score reached 14-18, Chen Long, who held the first game, gradually gained the upper hand. Later, Li Zongwei, whose physical fitness declined, still made the mistake of returning the ball and getting off the net, and the score quickly fell behind to 16-20. At the critical moment, Chen Long's mentality fluctuated slightly. After losing two match points, he finally successfully cashed in his third championship point. He won the next game 21-18 and won the peak match in the men's singles in straight games. victory. This is the first Olympic men's singles gold medal that Chen Long has won. At this point, a new king has been born in the Olympic badminton men's singles event. Although he was crowned king for the first time, this was not Chen Long's first Olympic trip. Four years ago, in London, the 23-year-old national badminton player reached the semi-finals of the men's singles. In the end, he lost to Li Zongwei in the semi-finals, won a bronze medal for his first Olympic Games, and handed over a good report card. Entering the Rio cycle, Chen Long's performance has become increasingly mature. He has won two World Championships and has been ranked first in the world for a long time. However, what is slightly embarrassing is that even though Chen Long has been regarded as Lin Dan's successor since 2013, it has always been difficult for him to take on the important task of being the first person. The reason is that Chen Long's performance in team competitions has always been lacking-in the semi-finals of the Toms Cup two years ago, the Incheon Asian Games in the same year, and this year's Toms Cup, Chen Long suffered losses as the first singles player. This made the outside world question his ability. At the same time, since winning the championship in Denmark last year, Chen Long has not yet won a championship. The world ranking has been overtaken by Li Zongwei and dropped to second place. Fortunately, in Rio, Chen Long finally used a gold medal to clear his name. Especially in the quarter-finals, Sun Wanhu, who defeated him twice in the team competition, broke through psychological difficulties and successfully avenged his opponent. In the semi-finals, he faced Danish player Anseron, who was rising rapidly. Chen Long completely suppressed his opponent and won in straight games. Now, after winning this Olympic men's singles gold medal, 27-year-old Chen Long may not be far from truly succeeding Lin Dan. In contrast, the uncrowned king Li Zongwei is still sad. In the past two Olympic Games, Malaysia's No. 1 brother lost to Lin Dan in the finals and missed the championship. In the last Olympic Games in his twilight years, although Li Zongwei overcame the hurdle of "Lin Dan", he was finally defeated by another national badminton men's singles player and failed to win the championship and "turn over". At this point, three Olympic silver medals and four World Championships silver medals-the uncrowned king is still uncrowned, and badminton legend Li Zongwei finally retired in a tragic manner. At this point, all competitions in the badminton event of the Rio Olympics ended, and the China badminton team ended with two gold medals in the men's singles and men's doubles. The 23rd Jin Chenlong in badminton men's singles was born on January 18, 1989. He was born in Jingzhou, Hubei Province. He entered the Xiamen team in 2000 and entered the second team of the national team in June 2006. He won the men's singles championship in the 2011 Danish Badminton Super Championship, and runner-up in the men's singles at the 2012 London Olympics. He reached the top of the 2016 Rio Olympics.