Gong Ruina says goodbye to national team

[seawell]

The CHINA local media report Chinese badminton star GONG Ruina say goodbye to national team.GONG Ruina 26,she hasn't qualified for the WC,she felt very very sad and decided leave national team.Now GONG Ruina in Hunan prepare for CHINA all game,after that maybe she will retire,and play moive!










Profile
Name: Ruina GONG
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: 1979
Height: 1.70 m / 5'7"
Profession:
Hobbies:

Olympic event: Badminton
Olympic qualification:
NOC code: CHN
Place of birth: Anhua, China
Weight: 60 kg / 132 lbs





General Interests
Hobbies: Food, music, chatting (NOC 13/08/2004)
LangSpoken: Mandarin
Club: Hunan (NOC 13/08/2004)
Handedness: R
AddInformation:
Other Information
OLYMPIC DEBUT
Athens will be the Olympic debut after being the number one-ranked player in the world on 1 May, 2004 when rankings were used to determine the 2004 Olympic competitors. (NBC Olympics 06/07/04)

ALL IN A NAME
Her given name is made up of two Chinese characters. The first, 'Rui' means very wise and clever while the second, 'na', is a feminine character used for a girl's name. An only child, her father is a lawyer and her mother is a clerk, and she left home at the age of 12 to attend a sports school. (NBC Olympics 06/07/04)


Highlights
The Competition Highlights section contains the following results:
Last Olympic Cycle; Top 8 results at Olympic Games and World Championships. Top 3 results at World Grand Prix competitions.
Historical; Medals at Olympic Games and World Championships.

Rnk Event Year Venue
World Championships
Winner Singles 2001 Seville, ESP
Runner-up Singles 2003 Birmingham, GBR
Semi Final Singles 1999 Copenhagen, DEN

World Grand Prix

Winner Singles 2004 Yonex All England Open
Winner Singles 2004 Swiss Open
Winner Singles 2003 Realkredit Denmark Open
Winner Singles 2002 China Open
Winner Singles 2002 Indonesia Open
Winner Singles 2001 Malaysia Open
Winner Singles 1999 Sweden Open
Winner Singles 1998 Brunei Open (she beat susi susanti)
Winner Singles 1997 Hongkong Open

Runner-up Singles 2004 Yonex Japan Open
Runner-up Singles 2003 Hong Kong Open
Runner-up Singles 2003 China Open
Runner-up Singles 2002 Realkredit Denmark Open
Runner-up Singles 2002 All England Open
Runner-up Singles 2002 Noonnoppi Korea Open
Runner-up Singles 2001 China Open
Runner-up Singles 2000 Swiss Open
Runner-up Singles 2000 Dutch Open

Semi Final Singles 2004 Proton Eon Malaysia Open
Semi Final Singles 2004 Noonnoppi Korea Open
Semi Final Singles 2003 Yonex All England Open
Semi Final Singles 2003 Yonex German Open
Semi Final Singles 2003 Proton Eon Malaysia Open
Semi Final Singles 2002 Singapore Open
Semi Final Singles 2001 All England Open

[Syaoran_Style]

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COME BACK GONG RUINA PLEEAAAASSSSSEEEEE !!!!!

[yannie]

[QUOTE=seawell]The CHINA local media report Chinese badminton star GONG Ruina say goodbye to national team.GONG Ruina 26,she hasn't qualified for the WC,she felt very very sad and decided leave national team.Now GONG Ruina in Hunan prepare for CHINA all game,after that maybe she will retire,and play moive!


HaaaaaH? why do they all wanna be Tian Liang#2 ?

[Wizbit]

HaaaaaH? why do they all wanna be Tian Liang#2 ?

Money? Fame? without so much physical hard work? I think she realises at 26 she would not have much time left in badminton..

Let's hope she keeps in shape

[New_Guy04]

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COME BACK GONG RUINA PLEEAAAASSSSSEEEEE !!!!!

i totallly agree:



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[Cheung]

She always seems to have a lot of strapping on her legs and elbows. Perhaps a cumulation of injuries is taking their toll.

[Pete LSD]

Sigit was all wrapped up like a mummy a few years ago but he managed to beat his injuries. Maybe Gong just runs out of motivation?!?

[sueyen]

aaawww....NONONONONONO!!! she is leaving the national team. i will nvr see her play again!!

[seven]

Sigit was all wrapped up like a mummy a few years ago but he managed to beat his injuries. Maybe Gong just runs out of motivation?!?

Yes, she didn't seem very motivated recently, and has been under-performing since the olympics...
Sad she decides to retire instead of fighting back though...

[Syaoran_Style]

She always seems to have a lot of strapping on her legs and elbows. Perhaps a cumulation of injuries is taking their toll.

You're right cheung ... yesterday i saw hongyan and she told me that she also left china team because of cumulation of injuries .. =//

[studsgaard]

What is happening with Gong Ruina..? now she is nr 25. on IBF's international ranking.

[ants]

At least she is still active in the badminton arena. Too bad we might not be able to see her in action for international meets.

[seven]

Read here : http://www.badmintoncentral.com/foru...ad.php?t=24318

[Dill]

Gong Ruina Quits National Badminton Team
Author: CRI Online
Tuesday 7 June 2005
Former world champion Gong Ruina has decided to leave the Chinese national badminton squad.

The decision came after the International Badminton Federation's latest announcement of not granting wildcards at the World Championships.

The veteran shuttler had been plagued by injuries since the Athens Olympiad and was left out from the upcoming World Championships. Therefore, she decided to leave the national team.

However, her native Hunan provincial team was not previously aware of her decision. They hoped she would reconsider her decision and remain on the national squad.

[seawell]

1997 asia junior championship



won in 1997 honghong open



1999 world championship 3rd place



2001 world championship winner



2002 AE runner-up



2002 uber cup winner



2002 asia game







WS runner-up



denmark open 2nd place





2002 China open winner



2003 in beijing



2003 world championship runner-up







2003 denmark open winner



2003 China open





2004 swiss open winner



2004 AE winner



2004 japan open



2004 uber cup

[seawell]

2004 oly










2005 german open



2005 AE open

[seven]

Nice retrospective seawell!