On January 25, Beijing time, the BWF announced the latest edition of the world ranking of five individual items, and the Chinese combination Du Yue/Li Yinhui, which originally ranked 8th in women's doubles, "disappeared" from the list, confirming the rumors of Li Yinhui's retirement, causing strong concern among netizens.
The BWF rankings are published once a week, and a player from the top of the list to the time he is removed is required to submit a retirement application through the association and be accepted. Previously, lin dan, the two-time Olympic men's singles gold medalist, also officially announced his departure through this procedure. And once the world ranking is removed, it means that the player will not appear in international competitions in the future. In fact, Li Yinhui had already left the national team after playing the 14th National Games, but at the time she said in an interview that she would not retire. But perhaps considering various reasons such as injuries, Li Yinhui finally chose to end his career as an athlete. From the 8th place in the world ranking to the sudden "disappearance", although the fans have expected Lee Yinhui's retirement, they still feel quite reluctant.
Born in 1997, Li Yinhui is only 24 years old, 1 meter 72 tall, and zhao yunlei, Gao Kun and other women's doubles players are from the Hubei badminton team. After the Rio Olympics, Li Yinhui was reused, and the women's doubles combination with Du Yue was trained by the national feather, and was also selected by the Olympic champion Zhang Nan as the new partner of mixed doubles. However, plagued by injuries, Li Yinhui, who is also a juggernaut, did not grow as expected, and finally put her energy into the women's doubles, competing with Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan in the Tokyo Olympics. In the 2019 Sudirman Cup Mixed Team Competition, Li Yinhui won the national feather on the championship podium and won the world championship title for the first time. After Li Yinhui confirmed his retirement, according to the arrangement of the coaching team of Guoyu, Du Yue will be paired with Li Wenmei instead to continue to defend the glory of women's doubles. Li Yinhui's plan after retirement has not yet been announced.