Ye Peiyan: Love drives me forward

What drove Ye Peiyan forward?

Now Chinese New Year's Eve four years old, she competed at the 2021 Huelva World Championships, competed at the World Championships for the first time in 2005 and is still fighting on the field sixteen years later. She said: "The important thing is the heart that loves badminton. ”

"I still love badminton. That's why I kept going. If I choose to retire, I won't have a chance to play again, or stay on the pitch, so I want to stick with it until I can't continue. ”

Aside from Bulgarian player Linda, Ye Peiyan is probably the longest-serving women's singles player, making her debut in the national arena in 2003.

"The first time I played at the World Championships was in California in 2005, and this Time the Huelva World Championships meant a lot to me. The pandemic has stalled international competitions for about two years, and I'm old, maybe this is my last World Championship. More and more races were being cancelled and my ranking was getting lower and lower, so I couldn't compete in more high-level events. ”

The World Championships are the only tournament she has competed in 2021, and her last full season was in 2019, when she competed in as many as twenty international tournaments. The Hong Kong veteran said her training has relaxed, which has helped her extend her athletic lifespan. Although she did not train as a player, she participated in the sport as a part-time coach, and this passion for badminton has allowed her to stay with it longer than most of her peers.

The Asian Games is where Ye Peiyan became famous in the first world war, and she also wants to end it in the 2022 Asian Games.

At the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, a little-known girl made her way to the final with her fast-paced kick-off style.

Ye peiyan hopes to cheer himself for the last time at the Asian Games.

"I'm not sure how long I can hold out, I'll have the option to go to some races. I want to play until the Asian Games because that's where I started. ”

Even at the end of her career, Ye Peiyan knew that she would continue to work in the badminton industry after retiring from her retirement.

"Maybe I'll be a coach, and now I'm teaching juniors part-time. The rest of the time I work at a club in Hong Kong and I do some coaching work. In the future, I may also try something other than badminton. ”

For now, her passion for badminton has overcome all other concerns.

"Maybe I'll continue because I want to get on the field."