Malaysian and Chinese Badminton Legends Inducted into Hall of Fame: Taufik Questions Li Zongwei’s Selection

【Sports News】Malaysian “Datu” Li Zongwei and China’s “Super Dan” Lin Dan were included in the World Badminton Federation Hall of Fame in early May. However, this move caused Indonesian legendary player Taufik to question Li Zongwei. This made me feel puzzled and angry, thinking that being included in the Hall of Fame was out of my control.

Li Zongwei has won 47 World Badminton Super Series/World Tour Championships in the badminton world, won 4 World Championships runners-up, 1 Thomas Cup runner-up, won the Olympic men’s singles silver medal for 3 consecutive times, and set a record of 349 weeks in the world. The number one record. Taufik mainly won 1 World Championships, 3 Asian Games Championships, 3 Asian Championships, 2 Thomas Cup Championships, 1 Olympic Men’s Singles Championship, and rose to No. 1 in the world in 2000. Together with Lin Dan and Danish Peter Gade, they are known as the “Four Heavenly Kings” in badminton.

After the World Badminton Federation announced that Li Zongwei and Lin Dan entered the Hall of Fame together, Taufik questioned the reason for Li Zongwei’s selection in an interview with an Indonesian media, saying that Lin Dan deserved it, but claimed that Li Zongwei was selected because the World Badminton Federation office is located in Kuala Lumpur: “In a In sports, one is either the number one in the world or the champion.”, “Would you choose someone who has won 10 silver medals or 1 gold medal?”

The Indonesian celebrity even wrote on his personal social media: “What championships have you won? Southeast Asian Games? Asian Games? World Championships? Olympics? Which country are you targeting? I want brothers…” Later, it attracted a large number of Malaysians. Netizens were dissatisfied and left comments on Taufik’s post: “If you have a bad attitude, it’s useless even if you become a champion.” The relevant post has since been deleted.

According to the Malaysian media “Sin Chew Sports”, Li Zongwei was confused by Taufik’s remarks in an interview, saying that “it is false to say that he is not angry”, explaining that entering the Hall of Fame is not his own decision: “This (I was selected into the Hall of Fame) ) has nothing to do with me, Taufik should contact the World Badminton Federation to find out.” He continued, pointing out that he did not understand why Taufik attacked himself.

However, Li Zongwei later stated that he and Taufik were off-court friends, and had received the latter’s apology message, and clarified the relevant comments for him: “He explained that it was a reporter who asked him about the selection criteria for the World Badminton Hall of Fame, and he used the Answering from my personal point of view, I don’t intend to attack me.” Lee Chong Wei said that he hoped that the “Four Heavenly Kings” Lin Dan, Gade, Taufik and himself could be elected to the Hall of Fame, and hoped that the World Badminton Federation could explain and clarify this incident .

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