BEIJING, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) — Badminton Olympic champion Huang Yaqiong introduced on social media Wednesday that she has submitted her resignation to Chinese nationwide staff and formally bid farewell to her nationwide staff profession.
“I’ve been greeted with countless encouragements from everyone, hoping that I could continue my career. But actually, since the run-up for the Paris Olympics, I’ve already regarded the Paris Olympics as my last one,” Huang wrote.
“Although based on my current form, I still possess the physical ability to compete, the accumulated injuries over the years combined with the increasing age have made me lack of confidence to continue shouldering the mission of winning glory for the country and maintaining the form as an elite athlete.”
After ending runners-up on the Tokyo Olympics three years in the past, Huang and her companion Zheng Siwei gained blended doubles gold on the Paris Olympics, ending the event with a 6-0 report with out dropping a set within the course of.
Zheng additionally introduced final November that he would retire from worldwide competitors. In their final worldwide competitors, the duo gained the championship for the third consecutive time on the year-end Badminton World Federation (BWF) world tour finals simply final month.
Huang stated that though she has left the nationwide staff, her bond with badminton stays unbroken. She will nonetheless contribute to the game in her personal manner. “Badminton is my lifelong pursuit, and I’m willing to give it my all,” she stated.