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Ex-champion joins Aussie team after missing for 3 years
By Yang Jian |
April 10, 2012, Tuesday
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A world champion-turned sports official who was "missing" for three years showed up at the Australian Badminton Open in Sydney over the weekend, baffling Chinese athletes and spectators.
Huang Sui retired in 2007 after winning three world titles in women's doubles and was appointed the deputy director of the Hunan Province Badminton Administrative Center. She disappeared for three years until she was seen again as an Australian player.
She has become an Australian citizen, according to the player profile on the World Badminton Federation website.
But Tang Hui, the center's director, questioned Huang's qualification in the tournament because she was still a Chinese sports official and could not represent a foreign country.
The Hunan Province Sports Bureau said yesterday that they dismissed Huang from her post early this year because they failed to get into contact with her.
"It's Huang's personal decision to compete for Australia and it is something beyond our control," the bureau said.
Huang, 31, paired with another former Chinese player, Tang Hetian, in a match with Chinese Taipei duo, but lost 0-2.
Afterwards, Huang told reporters that she was "still getting used to a left-handed partner" and had no detailed plan for international tournaments.
She declined to answer any other questions after the match.
Huang retired to take care of her dying father, despite being regarded among China's best gold medal hopefuls at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
She was then appointed the deputy director of the Hunan Province Badminton Administrative Center, but never worked there and lost contact with its staff after marrying a businessman in 2008, Tang said.
As Huang has never submitted her resignation, she is still paid a salary, Tang said.
Huang Sui retired in 2007 after winning three world titles in women's doubles and was appointed the deputy director of the Hunan Province Badminton Administrative Center. She disappeared for three years until she was seen again as an Australian player.
She has become an Australian citizen, according to the player profile on the World Badminton Federation website.
But Tang Hui, the center's director, questioned Huang's qualification in the tournament because she was still a Chinese sports official and could not represent a foreign country.
The Hunan Province Sports Bureau said yesterday that they dismissed Huang from her post early this year because they failed to get into contact with her.
"It's Huang's personal decision to compete for Australia and it is something beyond our control," the bureau said.
Huang, 31, paired with another former Chinese player, Tang Hetian, in a match with Chinese Taipei duo, but lost 0-2.
Afterwards, Huang told reporters that she was "still getting used to a left-handed partner" and had no detailed plan for international tournaments.
She declined to answer any other questions after the match.
Huang retired to take care of her dying father, despite being regarded among China's best gold medal hopefuls at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
She was then appointed the deputy director of the Hunan Province Badminton Administrative Center, but never worked there and lost contact with its staff after marrying a businessman in 2008, Tang said.
As Huang has never submitted her resignation, she is still paid a salary, Tang said.
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