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Li Zijia’s “solo” will not be banned
The Malaysian Badminton Federation held a press conference yesterday, announcing that from January 18 this year, Malaysia’s number one men’s singles Li Zijia will be banned from participating in international competitions for two years. Women’s singles player Wu Jinwei was also suspended for two years. The reason for the suspension of both men is that they insisted on leaving the national team without being approved by the Malaysian Badminton Federation.
Li Zijia is one of the best young badminton players in the world. He is ranked 7th in the world and won the men’s singles championship at the All England Open last year. Because the Tokyo Olympics results failed to satisfy the Malaysian fans, he was under great pressure, saying that he hoped to leave the national team to complete his career in his own way, and there were also sponsors willing to pay a sponsorship fee equivalent to 6 million yuan.
Jahaberdine, the acting president of Badminton Malaysia, said that Li Zijia had negotiated with Badminton Malaysia before the start of the new season and made his request. First of all, he asked to have his own coach and support team, secondly to plan his own game schedule, and thirdly to ask for a personal sponsor. Jia Haberdine said: “It is impossible for Yuzong to meet all these requirements, so the council also decided to reject his request. In any case, considering that Zijia has been in Yuzong for 11 years, Yuzong also gave back to him, such as Increase allowances, etc., but Zijia refused to accept Yu Zong’s proposal and reconsider his decision.”
Jahaberdine pointed out that all the players under the Badminton Federation have contracts with the Badminton Federation of Malaysia, and the Badminton Federation has spent a lot of effort, including money, to train them. He added that as long as Li Zijia changed his mind and returned to Yuzong, he could continue the game.
Li Zijia has not publicly expressed his attitude so far, but just replaced the avatar of his personal social platform with a black picture to express his mood at this time.
According to the regulations of the World Badminton Federation, athletes must apply for participation by the Badminton Association of their country or region. After Li Zijia was banned by the Malaysian Badminton Association, he could live in another country or region for a period of time, and the Badminton Association there would apply for the competition. The Badminton World Federation earlier stipulated that an athlete only needs to stay overseas for three months before applying to the Badminton Association of that country. However, the new rules extend the period of stay from three months to 12 months. This means that if Li Zijia does not return to the Malaysian national team, he will be unable to participate in international competitions for at least a year. (Xinmin Evening News reporter Wang Zhiling)
Editor: Lu Weixin
