Not Already Won A Gold Medal, This Is The Reason Greysiana Polii Wants To Retire

Indonesian women's badminton athletes, Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu won gold medals in the Women's Doubles sector. (Photo: Instagram @greysiapolii)

JAKARTA - The gold medal winner in women's doubles badminton, Greysia Polii, revealed that she was waiting for the right time to declare herself resigning from PBSI alias retiring as a professional badminton player. continue what I can do besides badminton," said Greysia Polii in an online press conference for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic medalists, Friday, August 6. Greys admitted that she had said she wanted to retire from previous years. "Moreover, female athletes are not like men, where their journey to getting married or having children is not an obstacle," he said. Moreover, there were several major incidents that happened to the 33-year-and-11-month-old athlete. "So that makes me want to say retire," said Greys. First, when Greysia and her partner at the time, Meliana Jauhari were disqualified in London 2012 along with the Chinese and South Korean partners. The women's doubles from three countries were considered to be deliberately defeated and did not give their best on the field.

Greysia's second retirement plan took place after the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Nitya Krishinda Maheswari, who was his partner at the time, suffered a serious injury which forced him to undergo surgery and retire early.

Losing a partner in the field also had time to make Greysia think about ending her career in badminton. Plus he wanted to get married at that time. "I am already quite senior in badminton in 2016. My partner also has problems with injuries and surgery. So I don't have a partner and am planning to retire. I also have a partner and plan to get married. female athletes," he explained. Apparently, continued Greys, God said differently to send Apriyani Rahayu as a new partner and the coach asked her to wait about 6 months to 1 year to raise the juniors. Especially the women's doubles which are considered very difficult to achieve. "From there, Ok, I just want to make this contribution as it goes on, coincidentally, my contract is still running, so it's over. It turns out that there are results and I can achieve again. So I'm still thinking and the coach said this must be continued, " Gray said. Actually, added Greys, in the past four years he no longer thinks about winning or even a gold medal at the Olympics. Because, he realizes that his age is no longer young which affects his performance on the field. Praise be to God, if not, at least I can help my younger siblings," said the friend of the artist Agnes Mo. But not already won gold, but Greys admitted that he wanted to concentrate on his family. "Now it's just waiting for the right time after achieving all of this. After the Olympics, it's just waiting for the right time when I will indeed declare that I am retiring from badminton. Since I am married, I also have priorities. There are seasons when we have to stop and move on with another life," said Greysia Polii.