Recently, the "2020 Lin Dan Badminton Classic" named after badminton grand slam winner Lin Dan came to an end, and Lin Dan and his wife Xie Xingfang appeared together to watch the game and present awards to the players who climbed the podium. In this competition, there is also the figure of Sun Yu, the national featherweight world champion and former women's singles leader, who serves as a referee to learn new skills.
Sun Yu posted photos of herself in the competition, one is a photo of her swearing on behalf of all the referees at the opening ceremony, she shook her fist with her right hand and held it up to her ear to take the oath; the other is a photo of her sitting in the referee's seat to direct the referee's game, only to see her wearing a high ponytail, sitting on a high referee chair, looking at the arena intently, meticulous and serious. Sun Yu himself also said: "In the past, I was an athlete on the field, but this time I deeply felt that it was not easy for the referees, and every new learning was a continuous improvement of myself. Is my referee's expression too serious? ”
Born on February 28, 1994, Sun Yu reached a height of about 1.85 meters at the age of 20, making him the tallest player in the history of the national women's singles. In 2014, Sun Yu went out with GuoYu to compete in the Tangyou Cup, which was the youngest player in the Chinese women's singles of the Uber Cup at that time, and was also regarded as a key player cultivated by the national feather, she won the Uber Cup championship with the national feather, becoming the world champion, and in 2016, Sun Yu won the Asian Cup championship, and in the same year helped the national feather to win the Uber Cup championship. After the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, with the retirement of Wang Yihan and Wang Shixian, Li Xuerui recovered from injury, sun Yu became the leader of the national women's singles, but she failed to provoke the banner of the national women's singles, because the injury career fell into a trough, and finally had to announce her retirement when she was less than 25 years old.
Sun Yu performed poorly in the 2017 Sudirman Cup due to injury, and then returned to the provincial team to recuperate due to a serious knee injury, although he returned to the national team after returning to the national team, but the competitive state was much worse than before, in August 2018, Sun Yu announced his withdrawal from the national team. Sun Yu, who returned to the provincial team, also participated in the national competition and led the team to win the women's team championship, but the knee injury made it impossible for her to continue training, and on February 12, 2019, before her 25th birthday, she announced her official retirement and left to practice badminton for 19 years, but she also said that she would engage in a career and study of badminton.
Before becoming a referee this time, Sun Yu also devoted herself to the live broadcast career, she participated in many live broadcast activities, wearing exquisite makeup and beautiful clothes in front of the camera, which was completely different from her on the field.