Shi Yuqi has done it! The national badminton team waited 10 years for a champion, how can you not be moved to tears!

September 1st, a very special day.

So many parents who once felt disappointed, watching their children carrying school bags, shed tears of joy...

Today, Brother Di plans to share something fitting for the occasion, bringing some essay material for students!

It's already 2025, let's write less about Jeremy Lin and refresh your argumentative essay examples!

About dreams, persistence, hardship, and seeing the light after the storm...

Actually, you could write more about his story:

Shi Yuqi wins the Paris World Championships: a decade of waiting finally fulfilled, tears shed on the court to write a legend!

I originally planned to watch the European Basketball Championship, but was deeply captivated by Shi Yuqi’s championship battle.

In rainy Paris, in the first game, Shi Yuqi once led 18-11 but was countered by Kunlavut with a 10-1 run, losing 19-21 after a comeback.

In the second game, Shi Yuqi learned from the lesson, controlling his errors while leading significantly, securing a steady 21-10 victory.

In the deciding game, Shi Yuqi lost 7 points in a row at one point, but quickly adjusted and came back to win two consecutive games, overturning the defending champion Kunlavut 2-1 and claiming his first World Championship title!

Although I’m not exactly a fan of Shi Yuqi, I understand what this match meant to him.

The process was thrilling enough, but the ending was absolutely perfect.

He rose to fame young, suffered injuries, was reckless in youth, lost, laughed, was suspended, then returned, battled through injuries, and reached the pinnacle.

At 22, he reached the World Championship final but lost to the peak form of Momota; once considered a rising star, but then encountered many setbacks over the years...

This year at the World Championships, he finally caught up with the highly-anticipated version of himself.

For Shi Yuqi, this is his first World Championship title in his career.

This victory ended the Chinese badminton team’s 10-year drought in men’s singles at the World Championships (the last was Chen Long in 2015) and marked a major breakthrough in Shi Yuqi’s career.

What a great story this is.

As a basketball fan, when I saw Shi Yuqi crying, the name Yi Jianlian flashed through my mind.

Actually, if you think about it, Shi Yuqi and Yi Jianlian’s experiences share many similarities.

As the men’s singles core after Lin Dan’s retirement, Shi Yuqi has long been seen by the public as the “successor.”

Super Dan has openly stated many times that Shi Yuqi carries too many expectations, making it hard for him to fully express himself.

Especially during the Paris Olympic cycle, the media and fans’ “predicted championship” created an invisible shackle, trapping him in a “fear of losing despite wanting to win” psychological dilemma.

In basketball, comparisons between Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian seem never-ending.

But in fact, Yi Jianlian really dislikes such comparisons.

He once openly said in an interview with Yang Lan:

He cares about comparisons with Yao Ming because they are incomparable; he feels Yao Ming’s level and career achievements are beyond his reach.

Yet for many years, we have been used to measuring Yi Jianlian by Yao Ming’s standards.

Yao Ming is a rare player in Chinese basketball history, and his presence greatly raised the expectations of the people.

If Chinese basketball had no Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian would become the benchmark for fans, and he certainly wouldn’t receive so much criticism and doubt.

The same logic applies: Lin Dan’s aura, Chen Long’s aura, and the expectations of men’s singles legacy have placed too much burden on Shi Yuqi.

Young you must have thought, Shi Yuqi is not good enough here or there.

True, he’s no Lin Dan, and not as good as Chen Long in big tournaments.

But who has carried the flag for the national men’s singles these past years? He’s already our most reliable player...

Shi Yuqi once compared players in big events to “eggs smashing against a wall”: “When broken, you stick them back together, pick them up, and smash again. Maybe only the one that doesn’t break is the champion.” Now, he has finally become the last victor, but this is not his end.

This victory, this championship, for 29-year-old Shi Yuqi, is not just about defeating opponents.

More importantly, it’s about overcoming inner demons and himself.

This is also a story of perseverance leading to success.

The world of sports is like this—full of excitement, passion, and high spirits, yet accompanied by unpredictability, harshness, and regrets.

Shi Tiesheng said: “Why does the divine fire on Mount Olympus burn? It is not for one person to defeat another, but to show the gods humanity’s indomitable spirit. Fated limits may always exist, but the unyielding challenge must never be absent.”

This fire, belonging to Shi Yuqi, has finally ignited in Paris.