Recently, careful fans have found that in the latest BWF ranking system, the original world's eighth Chinese women's doubles duo Du Yue / Li Yinhui has been removed, 24-year-old Li Yinhui will retire and enter the university to teach, Du Yue will be paired with Li Wenmei.
Li Yinhui was born on March 11, 1997 in Wuhan, Hubei Province, and specializes in doubles. She won the 2018 World Badminton Championships Mixed Doubles Third Place (partner Zhang Nan) and the 2019 World Championships Women's Doubles Bronze Medal (partner Du Yue). In 2019, Li Yinhui won the Sudirman Cup with the team. In 2021, Du Yue/Li Yinhui competed in the Tokyo Olympics and reached the quarterfinals, losing 1-2 to Indonesia's Polly/Lahayu in the quarterfinals.
After the Tokyo Olympics, Du Yue/Li Yinhui won the women's doubles silver medal at the National Games. Subsequently, he missed the Sudirman Cup, the Uber Cup and the World Championships. After the world rankings were removed, there were rumors that Lee Yinhui retired for medical reasons.
In the past two days, Li Yinhui personally retired from the fan base on the social platform and described the reason for his retirement - the heart rate was too slow, and the resting heart rate was only 37. (Resting heart rate in the normal range of 60-100 beats/min)
"I made this very difficult decision and during these months I actively conditioned my body." Li Yinhui revealed that in the game a few years ago, she suffered from pneumonia and a high fever that did not go away, leaving an old disease since then. Since then, Li Yinhui's health is not as good as before, coupled with her own heart problems, resting heart rate below 37, and her heart is seriously slow. A few times the competition was done with a fever and anti-inflammatory drugs. After the Tokyo Olympics, she has been trying to find a way to treat, but she needs long-term conditioning medication and cannot support the large-scale exercise training of the national team.
"You can only choose to leave the arena temporarily, leave the national team for a while." Li Yinhui said regretfully.
In addition to athletes, Li Yinhui also has a status - 211 teachers in the physical education department of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law. After retiring from the army, she may continue to teach.
Li Yinhui is the second Chinese badminton player to retire from the Tokyo Olympics. On November 12 last year, Badminton men's doubles world champion and Tokyo Olympic runner-up Li Junhui issued a long article announcing her retirement, due to serious injuries, it is difficult to complete the overall training plan arranged by the coach.