Just recently the World Badminton Federation updated the list of world championship team members, it is not difficult to find that the national feather world championship men's doubles champion Liu Yuchen / Li Junhui is not among them, the absence of the two is destined to make it difficult for the Chinese men's doubles to make it difficult to make a difference in the Spanish World Championships, originally thought it was just a truce adjustment after the National Games, who had expected Li Junhui to directly announce his retirement! Li Junhui thanked the coach Zhang Jun in social media, thanked the partner Liu Yuchen, bluntly said that the injury can not be cured, can only retire, wish teammates to achieve more honors, and wish Guoyu better and better!
China's men's doubles has been the weakest link of badminton teams in the past 30 years, although badminton has just entered the Barcelona Olympic Games, and Li Yongbo / Tian Bingyi a pair of the world's top combination, but has not won the Olympic championship, until Cai Yun / Fu Haifeng came out, the Chinese men's doubles has a real and Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia and other strong opponents of the capital, the two swept the World Championships, the All England Championships, the Olympic Games and other major competitions in their careers, especially the London Olympic Games in 2012. Collecting 5 gold for Guo Yu was enough to make up the final puzzle.
Cai Yun gradually faded out of the national team after the London Olympics, and although Fu Haifeng and Zhang Nan, a mixed doubles professional at the 2016 Rio Olympics, won the men's doubles championship, it was urgent for a new person to take over. Li Junhui / Liu Yuchen successfully succeeded in the Tokyo Olympic cycle and performed well in many competitions. Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen both have a height of more than 190cm, affectionately known as the "Twin Towers Combination" by fans, the attack of the two is fierce, with the height advantage to ensure that the batting is shot at the highest point, the pairing has achieved a lot of excellent results, in 2018 Li Junhui / Liu Yuchen's career reached its peak, defeated the biggest opponent Indonesia and Japan in the key games of the Thomas Cup to win the championship, the two as the second men's doubles to build the most, that year's World Championships men's doubles final faced the Japanese combination Kenshi Kamura / Tianyuan Qiwu swept 2-0, Won the 8th men's doubles title at the World Championships for the Chinese men's doubles and became the new leader of the national men's doubles.
In the men's doubles competition of the Tokyo Olympic Games, Li Junhui / Liu Yuchen marched all the way to the final championship and runner-up final, but unfortunately encountered a sudden collapse, was slightly inferior Chinese Taipei combination Li Yang / Wang Qilin swept 21-18, 21-12, regrettably lost the championship, after the game also once came out the news of Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen discord, with the release of Li Junhui's retirement speech, the two discord rumors broke themselves.
Tokyo Olympics did not win the championship, perhaps the reason for Li Junhui's retirement, the bigger reason is that the injury can not be cured, it is reported that Li Junhui's family is solid, belongs to the second generation of the rich, I believe that it is not difficult for him to find another way out of the badminton field, he can inherit the family business, you can also read and recharge.
With the disintegration of the twin towers, China's men's doubles is facing greater difficulties, and the World Championships are counting on good results as a luxury. At present, from the perspective of recent open tournaments, the Indonesian men's doubles advantage is obvious, any combination can be independent, with Gideon / Sukamuyo led by the five men's doubles top masters, it is no accident that the world championship will not fall, is the most stable crown of the Indonesian badminton team. The Chinese men's doubles team needs to re-select the best partner among the young players, and settle down as soon as possible to rejoin the competition between the top masters through the competition of the competition.