Wang Bingyu competes during the women's round-robin event of curling against South Korea at 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games, on Feb 18, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]
Chinese curling team skipper Wang Bingyu announced her decision to retire via her social media account on Sina Weibo on Thursday afternoon.
The 34-year-old mother began curling in 2001. As captain during the team's triumph at the 2009 World Championships and bronze medal win at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics -- China's first Winter Olympics team medal – Wang has orchestrated Chinese curling's most historic moments.
Wang participated in the Olympics for the last time at this year's PyeongChang Winter Olympics during which Chinese players failed to qualify for the semifinals after losing to Sweden 8-4 in its last game in the round-robin session of women's curling.
However, the team still performed much better compared with four years ago when the team hit its rock bottom at the 2014 Winter Olympics during which she led China to seventh-place finish with a 4-5 record.
After retirement, Wang will join the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and continue to make her contribution to winter games and China's winter sports.
Wang Bingyu launches the stone during the women's curling match against Japan at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on Feb 17, 2018. [Photo/IC]
The Chinese women's curling team (from left) Liu Jinli, Zhou Yan, Yue Qingshuang, Liu Yin and Wang Bingyu pose with their bronze medals during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games medals ceremony at the Vancouver Olympic Center in Vancouver, on Feb 26, 2010. [Photo/IC]
China's players, from left, Wang Bingyu, Liu Yin, Yue Qingshuang, Zhou Yan and Tan Weidong pose with the winner's trophy after defeating Sweden in the final of the World Women's Curling Championship in Gangneung, South Korea, on March 29, 2009. [Photo/IC]
China's Curling team led by Wang Bingyu (2nd from R) celebrates its 9-7 extra-end victory over Germany in a round-robin match in the women's curling competition at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games, Vancouver, on Feb, 2010. [Photo/IC]
