Chen Yufei topped the badminton. It was not the world – a total of 16 weeks – Tai Tzu Ying, Carolina Marin and Akane Yamaguchi in the era of demons. He won the Olympic gold medal in Tokyo, re -established China’s dominance in one of his best subjects. It was a thriller of a closing as he beaten Tzu Ying and prevented the magician from Chinese Taipei to win his dream of winning the Olympic gold. Yufei has won the title in the most prestigious events around the world: All England Open (X1), and Indonesia Open (X2).
But last year at the Paris Olympics, he faced a heartbreak, who took a lot of him. So much so that she decided to take a break from the game to find out life outside China, moved to Australia to learn English, then returned to play, rejuvenated by killing the poses button on her career, inspiring to reach higher heights. And on Sunday, he just did that, winning his first Badminton Asia Championship title, defeating Hamantan Han U 11-21, 21-14, 21-9 in Ningbo-it marked a good return in more than a single sense.
“After the Olympics (in Paris), I did not want to return to the field, because I felt that there should be no person without ambition,” Eufai said China Daily Earlier this year, when she was ready to return to return to the difficult pieces of being a badminton professional, especially if you are from China where the competition is jackfruit. “After the Tokyo Olympics, I was constantly competing and feeling tired. I said that I just wanted to play badminton for fun, but I really didn’t know what I wanted. I wanted to win, but I also wanted to enjoy myself.”
And she left for Australia, where she enrolled in an English learning course. At the Australian Institute of Language, he completed the general English pre-medieval level with a grade in listening, writing and speaking, and B grade in reading. In a sports-lover country like Australia, badminton is not one of the more popular subjects, so the chain did not feel like a superstar. “My classmates didn’t know who I was,” he was said by BWF. “But when my teacher asked me what I did as a job, I told the class that I am a professional badminton player and an Olympic champion. His response was amazing – my teacher said that he never taught Olympic champions before.”
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*Queen of Asia … Chen You Fee beat her first Badminton Asia Championship back from a game to get a single title of women, defeating compatriot Han U 11-21, 21-14, 21-9 and in a loud return to Ningbo!#Badmintonasia, pic.twitter.com/adaqfoi3le
– Badminton Asia (@badminton_asia) 13 April, 2025
In the final of the Asia Championship against Han Yu, Chen lost the initial game 11–21 as the second seed ran away with its backnd. Chen really never hit any speed, winning a maximum of two consecutive points. In the second, Han moved beyond the 7–2 lead and really won a win against Yufei for the first time, losing all 8 meetings in the past. But Yufei staged a sensational return, winning 7 straight points below 11–12, eventually forcing a judge. The third game was a canter for former World No. 1 as he won 9-6 to 9 direct points to take out the battle with Han and cruelly cruelted at home for his first Asia Championship Gold. But even in victory, she was aware of the context of her achievement: she won gold when the best player in the world was not yet part of the world. After his return after his return, one -two times after being lost, Yufei knows at what level he should be back on the world’s ladder.
“He is better in technology, strategy, physical and mental strength and overall ability. Being such an excellent player such as a benchmark it is great for me – it inspires me to keep reforms,” Ufei was quoted as CGTN after his victory on Sunday.
At an Instagram post in November last year, Eufei posted pictures of people met during his time in Australia after completing his syllabus. “Ten weeks of studying abroad are over,” he has written in a post in Chinese and English. I forgot to ask myself: As Chen Yufei, standing there on my own, what am I trying for? “In her post on social media, she continues to write in both Chinese and English. Stopping, I have come to know how to set up once again.”
