[Minnan Net]
Screenshot of Sun Yu's Weibo
February 12, 2019 -- The 25-year-old former badminton women's singles player, world champion Sun Yu, announced the news of retirement on Weibo. Her teammates in the national team, Li Xuerui and Wang Yihan, sent her blessings.
Profile of 25-year-old Sun Yu
She wrote on Weibo: "Since I was a child, I liked to run wildly on the playground, so I started the whole journey with my favorite badminton racket in the third grade. At that time, I still remember that I was very fond of playing the piano and calligraphy and had to give up because I chose to play, from 2000 to now it has been 19 years, I was lucky that I could choose this industry and this sport to bring me everything, to meet a lot of friends, role models, confidants and some friends who supported me, because the sport met everyone and let me continue to grow and learn a lot of things.
From the city team to the provincial team to the national team is the beginning of the dream, when we participated in the Uber Cup in 14 years under the leadership of Sister Xuerui, Sister Xian, sister Han, we felt that the whole person had an unreal feeling, where did you feel? There was a feeling in my heart that I was going to have a heart attack! It wasn't until the five-star red flag was raised and the national anthem was played that I had a sense of reality, a sense of immense pride.
I am also grateful to the leaders for giving me such an opportunity, and the coach has been patiently teaching me, so I am really lucky to choose this sport. Although I had to quit 17 years because of some gradually aggravating injuries, to return to the national team to end the national team journey I think I do not regret, because everyone's life can not be successful, sometimes to accept failure and regret, and finally thank you for the fans who have always supported me and like badminton partners, thank you for your love, but also my motivation to move forward!
It's 2019, and it may be a good memory for myself, and today I will retire and leave this memory that has accompanied me for 19 years. Life will go on, I will continue to engage in the career and study of badminton, and now I want to say to all those who have helped me: thank you! I hope you all get better and better in the new year.
Under this Weibo, former national team teammates Li Xuerui and Wang Yihan all sent her blessings.
Born in 1994, Sun Yu was the youngest player in The Women's Singles of Badminton in China in 2014, Sun Yu won the Uber Cup with the Chinese team, and was also regarded as a key training figure for the women's singles reserve force by Li Yongbo, who was the head coach at the time.
However, in 2017, Sun Yu suffered an injury, and during the serious injury, his knees were severely waterlogged, and he could hardly move normally on the field, and although he returned to participate in the competition, his results were not ideal. On August 16, 2018, she announced her withdrawal from the national team on Weibo. (End)