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Article: (China Sports) Star shuttler quits national team to enjoy badmintonand life
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- July 17, 2007
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(China Sports) Star shuttler quits national team to enjoy
badminton and life
CHENGDU, Sichuan Province, July 17 (Xinhua) -- World second-
ranked badminton player Chen Hong has withdrawn from the Chinese
national team to enjoy life and badminton.
The 27-year-old Chen, ranked only after compatriot Lin Dan in the
world, has been competing in international tournaments in the name
of, as Chen himself put it, a "self-employed player".
"Life has been better since I resigned from the national team in
February," said Chen, who has played badminton since the age of 9 and
had been on the national team for 10 years.