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World champion, Olympic runner-up, and the star of the Badminton Super League Phoress team, Lee Junhui, announced his retirement

2021-11-15


World champion, Olympic runner-up, and thestar of the Badminton Super League Phoress team, Lee Junhui, announced hisretirement


In the 2020 Badminton Super League, worldchampion Li Junhui partnered with Ren Xiangyu, a young player of the NationalYouth Team, and teammates and world champions Huang Yaqiong, Chen Qingchen, HeBingjiao, etc., worked hard to win the league runner-up for the team of FlexPro-RuichangBiyuan!




At the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, the combinationof Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen won the runner-up in the men's doubles competitionin one swoop, winning glory for our motherland and adding color to the FlexProteam.


However, on the afternoon of November 12,Beijing time, Li Junhui suddenly posted on social media, officially announcingthe news of his retirement. Li Junhui said on social media, "Life is likea train to go, no matter what kind of way forward, no matter how beautiful thescenery along the way, but there will eventually be a stop, eventually someonewill get off the train, someone will get on the train."




Li Junhui, a Chinese men's doubles player,entered the national team in 2012, where Li Junhui won the team championshipwith the Chinese team at the World Badminton Youth Championships, and in 2013he and Liu Yuchen won the Asian Youth Championships and the World YouthChampionships.



In 2017, Li Junhui won the runner-up in theSudirman Cup team competition, and in 2018, the year Li Junhui began to takeoff, he first won the Thomas Cup team championship with the national team, andin the same year's World Championships, he and Liu Yuchen's twin towers teamwon the men's doubles championship. He also won the Asian Games that year. In2019, Lee won the Sudirman Cup with the team, and this year he won two moresilver medals at the Olympic and National Games.




According to Lee Junhui's own social mediastatements, his retirement was mainly due to his own injury. On social media,he reflected on the many troubles caused by his injuries over the years;

Li Junhui said that the competition inmen's doubles in the world is very fierce, high-intensity training is the basicguarantee of victory, based on his own injury considerations, Li Junhuiannounced his retirement from the national team and announced his officialretirement.

Although Lee Junhui has announced hisretirement, the 26-year-old Lee Junhui is still in his prime age, and FlexPro wishes himsmooth sailing on the way ahead and continues glorious in his newjourney.



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