On December 31, Beijing time, South Korean badminton player Jang Ye Na announced her official retirement through social media, which aroused strong attention from netizens.
Jang Ye Na, who just celebrated her 34th birthday in the middle of this month, is 1.72 meters tall and is a South Korean badminton women's doubles player. Speaking of Zhang Yina, I have to mention that she has twice helped the South Korean team "snatch" the team championship trophy from the Chinese team. The first time was in the 2010 Uber Cup, when Zhang Yina won the championship with South Korea in the final against China 3-1. The second time was in the 2017 Sudirman Cup, where Jang Ye Na helped South Korea win the championship with a 3-2 upset victory over China in the final. An Uber Cup and a Sudirman Cup, which are also the only two world championship titles in Zhang Yina's career.
In fact, although Zhang Yina has not won a single World Series championship, her results are still very impressive even in the Chinese team, including the 2016 China Badminton Premier Super Series Women's Doubles Champion and the 2017 All England Badminton Premier Super Series Women's Doubles Champion. In addition, Jang Ye-na also won the women's doubles silver medal at the 2013 World Badminton Championships and the Korean team silver medal at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games. Jang Ye-na withdrew from the Korean badminton national team in August 2021 along with teammates Jung Kyung-eun and Son Wan-ho, but has since participated in some tournaments, including the 2022 Korea Open, and has also delivered elaborate food to Chinese player Huang Dongping and others.
As a famous "evergreen tree" in the world badminton world, Zhang Yina's decision to officially retire also made fans quite reluctant, and they left messages to send blessings: "The most impressive game for Miss Zhang Yina was the fourth women's doubles defeat of Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan in the 17 Su Cup finals, happy retirement", "is a very kind and loving athlete, has interacted with Chinese players and Indonesian players off the court, and has always maintained a very good competitive state", "Wow, I thought she had retired for a long time, and it turned out that she was officially retired now", " It's been a very successful career, with world champions and all England champions."