Beijing time on October 17 news, the World Badminton Federation announced that the Chinese badminton Olympic champion Li Xuerui retired! This means that the era of the national feather women's singles two kings and one Li has officially come to an end! Among the 3 people, Li Xuerui retired due to injury, which made people sigh, and Wang Yihan did not win the Olympic gold medal, which is very regrettable. Wang Shixian was the happiest and married Chen Long.
In 2010, Li Xuerui entered the first team of the national feather. In the women's singles final of badminton at the London Olympic Games in 2012, she defeated Wang Yihan, who was ranked no. 1 in the world, and won the Olympic Championship! In 2013, Li Xuerui won the women's singles championship of the National Games! At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Li Xuerui began to defend her title, but in the semi-finals, Li Xuerui's cruciate ligament was torn! However, Li Xuerui has not given up, but patiently adjusted her body and waited for her to recover and return to the field. It wasn't until April 2018 that Li Xuerui made a comeback!
However, Li Xuerui never returned to the peak. At the China Open Badminton Championships held a month ago, Li Xuerui suffered a round of travel, and when interviewed by reporters after the game, Li Xuerui could not help but shed sad tears. After returning from injury, she has been working hard, but has never been able to find her form. Today, the BWF said in a post today that Li Xuerui, a Chinese badminton player and champion of the 2012 London Olympic Games, has submitted an application for retirement to the BWF and will no longer participate in international competitions.
As early as September 2016, Wang Yihan announced his retirement. At that time, Wang Yihan was only 28 years old. At the 2012 London Olympics, she won the silver medal and lost to Li Xuerui in the final. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, in the women's singles quarterfinals, Wang Yihan lost 0-2 to India's Schindhu and missed the semifinals. After the Olympic Games, Wang Yihan announced his retirement.
Wang Shixian did not participate in the London Olympic Games and the Rio Olympic Games, and she regretted that she was on the field, but she married the Olympic champion Chen Long, and the two are now very happy. It can be said that Wang Shixian's happiness outside the arena makes up for the regrets in the arena!
Wang Shixian and Wang Yihan have retired successively, and Li Xuerui has worked hard to recover, but it is difficult to return to the peak, and now she has also retired, all of which announces the official end of the "two kings and one Li" era that once ruled the women's feathers for many years.