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
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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
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She always seems to have a lot of strapping on her legs and elbows. Perhaps a cumulation of injuries is taking their toll.
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?!?
aaawww....NONONONONONO!!!:crying::crying: she is leaving the national team. i will nvr see her play again!! :crying:
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...
You're right cheung ... yesterday i saw hongyan and she told me that she also left china team because of cumulation of injuries .. =//
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.
It is indeed injuries taking their toll 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.
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, Nice, Do you have any photo's from World Juniors 1998, Melborune? This was first time I saw Gong Ruinia and was very impressed. Regards Stuart
Damn! That cannot be true? She is just 26! But I think some of you are right - she lost the initiative or motivation. That is always the most important thing to make you want to keep doing what you could. Or is she... no. Nah, I don't think so.
