Li Jiawei

Newspaper articles

2008-10-16T01:53:00.000-07:00

Thursday, 16th October 2008

These are all the newspaper articles that are quite recent de.. So sorry for taking so long to post it up, has been rather busy lately! 不好意思！

3rd October

4th October

Er, forgot the date for this, ps..

Adapted from 我报

P.S If you can't see, please click on the pictures, but I seriously hope that you do not save the pictures and post it at anywhere else. Thank you for your co-operation! =)

2008-09-22T16:22:00.000-07:00

This is a post to inform all Jiawei's fan if you wanna ask Jiawei some questions.. Is not face to face but is rare chance.. Here are all the details:

Every two weeks,i-weekly will arrange for a star for readers or anyone to ask any questions about them and this week one is li jiawei.the deadline to send in will be 26/9/08,it is entitled to one person 1-2 questions,it can be in either english or chinese.After moderation,i-weekly will publish the comments and answers,but not sure when.The address is askthestar@i-weekly.com.sg

2008-09-19T00:25:00.000-07:00

Hi all,

Sorry for being unable to update this blog recently due to my busy schedule in school. But would like to thanks those wonderful Jia Wei's fans for keeping the tagboard alive! I'll try my very best to update you all on latest Jia Wei's news asap as my final year exams are approaching in 2 weeks time. Apologise if I'd keep you all waiting.

抱歉这么久没能更新新的消息因为忙着读书。但是，还是要感谢那些佳薇的粉丝在这博客留下的留言！如果有什么新的消息，会尽量赶快的放上来，很抱歉如果让你们久等了！>.<

不愿意奖金用途佳薇希望回家过年

李佳薇在昨晚领取20万元奖金后，不愿意公开如何使用这笔钱，但透露希望能在明年回家过年。

佳薇将在明天(也就是今天)凌晨，代表所属的俱乐部飞往北京参加比赛。

佳薇受访时说，她目前还没有休息的打算，所以会一直比赛直到年底。

她说，她已经有一，两年没有回家过年了，所以最希望可以回家过年。问道会否往北京大学深造，佳薇说，她将在明年才考虑这个问题。

Adapted from 18/09/2008 newspaper from omy.sg

This is a piece of article that I adapt from stomp.com.sg/mypaper/. Couldn't zoom it as it will go blur, so you can visit the website to read this article! =)

2008-09-11T19:59:00.000-07:00

Friday, 12th September 2008

This is the newspaper report adapted from the Straits Times, 7th September.
So sorry for taking such a long time to post it up as I had been busy since school starts..

这是从英文报剪来的报道。

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This is adapted from omy.sg

井浚泓则说：“佳薇已经到达那个水平，所以要保持就会有更大的难度。佳薇的打法需要果断、又快又狠又准，对球员的要求很高，相对来说，天薇的打法则是还有缓冲的空间，这拍没有发挥，还可以接下一拍。”

李佳薇：我也希望天薇越来越强

外界频频拿李佳薇和冯天薇来比较，李佳薇今早受访时说：“我们是一支队向外（竞争），不是对内（竞争）。我也希望她（天薇）越来越强，我们的团队有更多更好的球员。”　　

真有阿姐风范

谈到自己在这次世界杯乒乓球赛的表现，李佳薇坦言无法适应新球拍是表现不好的部分原因。　　

国际乒联从本月1日起，规定球员不能使用有机胶水的球拍比赛。李佳薇被迫更换新的“无机胶水”球拍来比赛，结果表现不理想，无缘进入八强。

“奥运至世界杯乒乓球赛之前，这段期间会比较累，没有什么时间进行正规的训练。这次比赛发挥得不是很好。新的球拍希望能够尽快适应过来，打得更好。”

2008-09-07T03:22:00.000-07:00

佳薇，

终于打完了最后一场比赛，相信你现在可以展时好好的休息，做你喜欢做的事，例如：单钢琴.. 只想告诉你，如果你想跟我们分享你的想法，可以随时电邮给我们..

佳仪：jiayi22@hotmail.com
Rachel: hiphop_rawkz@hotmail.com

我们很乐意可以和你分享你的想法，但是如果你不想分享，我们会理解的..

好好的休息吧！=）

佳仪

2008-09-06T07:02:00.000-07:00

佳薇：

虽然比赛输了，但是希望你不要太伤心，继续加油！！如果你现在在为刚刚输掉的比赛而留下了眼泪，我也只能对你说声，"不要哭，我知道你已经尽力了！" 很抱歉因为我不是很会安慰人，有时自己还会哭，所以我不能好好地安慰你。可是希望我这个留言至少能安慰你一点点！！>.< 真希望有机会能在现场亲眼看到你比赛并且为你加油打气！别难过了，cheer-up! 因为你还有我们这群粉丝们！！=)

佳仪

2008-09-06T04:46:00.000-07:00

Hi all,

This is a report from today's Lian He Zao Bao

这是今天联合早报的报导

Here's the enlarged version on Jia Wei..

Anyway, you all can check the results at http://www.ittf.com/world_events/PT_Results2_pg.asp?s_Tour_Name=Women's%20World%20Cup&s_Event_Type=wsp&s_Year=2008

佳薇加油，我们永远支持你！！

2008-09-05T05:37:00.000-07:00

Hi all,

Here are all the pictures, hope you all like them! =)

这是昨天拍的一些照片，希望你们会喜欢！

Pandan 蛋糕

Rachel 和佳薇

佳薇和佳仪

佳薇和佳仪（以为相机坏了，所以拍了两张）

Here's a letter from me:

佳薇，

谢谢您昨天愿意和我拍照，还拍了两张.. 真的非常感谢您！！我的梦想实现了=）蛋糕好吃吗？适合胃口吗？希望你会喜欢.. 比赛明天就要开始了，相信你现在一定是又忙又紧张吧？！但是记得要好好照顾身体，多喝水。祝你比赛顺利，加油！ =）

佳仪

2008-09-04T08:55:00.000-07:00

All the best to Jiawei, Tianwei and Yuegu for the Volkswagon Table Tennis Women's World Cup competition at KL.

Received a last minute notice that their flight was today. So, Jiayi and I decided to send them off at the airport but didn't publicise it on the blog/forum because we didnt want them to feel uneasy with too many people around and we knew about it just a few hours before their flight so there wasnt any time for us to prepare anything for her either.

Bought her a pandan cake at the airport and passed it to her when she was just about to leave. Managed to tell Jiawei about this blog and hopefully she'll pop by during her free time (:

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Here's a letter from one of Jiawei's fans:

Dearest佳薇

很想讓你知道我一直都很支持你。不管是否有為新加坡拿到獎牌都一樣。可是當我看到你又更铜牌擦肩而过﹐ 我真的非常心疼。不是為了新加坡不能多一枚獎牌而心疼﹐而是因為想到你的感受而心疼。

你在我心中永遠都是新加坡最好的運動員。沒有你﹐新加坡不可能會有今天這麼好的成績。你這些年來的功勞是別人無可取代的。

喜歡看到你輕輕微笑的樣子

加油，佳薇！

祝你永遠幸福

Joey 國琴

2008-09-02T03:07:00.000-07:00

在北京奥运那段时间，晚报天天都出版李佳薇和冯天薇童年故事。
During the Beijing Olympics period, lian he wanbao would publish stories featuring Li Jiawei and Feng Tianwei.

双薇系列
1-4 = 冯天薇
5-8 = 李佳薇

I have scanned in all Jiawei's stories. Enjoy reading (:

双薇系列5

双薇系列6

双薇系列7

双薇系列8

2008-09-01T02:07:00.000-07:00

hi all,

here's one recent article dated 27th August i would like to share... jiawei thanked her fans for the support through wanbao.

佳薇在联合晚报感谢读者一直以来对她的支持。

will try to scan and upload more of her articles during my free time. (:

2008-08-31T10:05:00.000-07:00

佳薇，

很开心能为你开这个博客。我从 2000 年的奥运会就一直支持你到现在，但最近才有机会见到你真人。感谢你昨天为我签下了海报和照片。虽然没机会介绍自己，又没机会和你拍照，但我相信以后会有机会吧。

虽然你这次在北京奥运女子乒乓单打赛又拿下了第四名，无法为国，为己在那个牌，但我们都看到你的努力和进步。知道你很想实现在奥运会那牌的梦想，又非常努力的争取目标，相信你在下次2012 年的奥运会能实现梦想。你还年轻，有心不怕迟。

知道你最近在位即将来临的比赛忙训练。。但你要好好照顾自己，最近天气不大好。。要喝多一点水。我在这里祝福你一切都会顺顺利利。加油！（：

希望你会看见这个流言。

Rachel

2008-08-30T21:41:00.000-07:00

李佳薇：

只想感谢您昨天为我签名！我现在特别喜欢我的书包。虽然有点遗憾因为没机会跟你拍张照，但是不要紧，相信因该还有机会吧？！知道你现在一定忙着训练，为即将来临的比赛做最好的准备，但是也希望你有空时，会来这个博客看看，能留下一句话那是最好的！=) 我在这祝你的比赛顺利还有，希望你达到你对这次比赛的目标！加油加油加油！！

佳仪

2008-08-30T07:27:00.000-07:00

Hi all,

just to introduce ourselves, we (Rachel and Jiayi) are supporters of table tennis paddler cum captain, Li Jiawei. Will try to scan in her recent newspaper articles soonest so please look out for this space. Feel free to tag too! (:

here are some photos taken at the AMK hub event this morning.

jiawei signing on the huge poster at the end of the event
佳薇最后在签名会签下了大海报！

jiawei and yuegu sharing a joke with each other? haha.
佳薇和越古在说笑话吗？哈哈。

achievements

2008-08-26T02:54:00.000-07:00

佳薇的成就

1997：
-Commonwealth Championship 女子团体赛-金
-Commonwealth Championship 女子单打赛-铜
-Commonwealth Championship 女子双打赛-金
-Commonwealth Championship 男女混合赛-金

1999：
-20th 东南亚比赛女子团体赛-金
-20th 东南亚比赛女子单打赛-金
-20th 东南亚比赛女子双打赛（井浚泓）-金
-20th 东南亚比赛男女混合赛-铜

2000：
-Commonwealth Championship女子团体赛-金
-Commonwealth Championship 女子单打赛-金
-Commonwealth Championship 女子双打赛-金
-Commonwealth Championship 男女混合赛-金

2001:
-Commonwealth Championship女子团体赛-金
-Commonwealth Championship 女子单打赛-金
-Commonwealth Championship 女子双打赛-金
-Commonwealth Championship 男女混合赛-金
-21st 东南亚比赛女子团体赛-金
-21st 东南亚比赛女子单打赛-金
-21st 东南亚比赛女子双打赛（井浚泓）-金
-21st 东南亚比赛男女混合赛-铜

2002：
-奥地利国际乒乓联盟(ITTF) 女子单打赛-银
-Commonwealth Games 女子团体赛-金
-Commonwealth Games 女子单打赛-银
-Commonwealth Games 女子双打赛（井浚泓）-金
-Commonwealth Games男女混合赛-金

2003：
-22nd 东南亚比赛女子团体赛-金
-22nd 东南亚比赛女子单打赛-金
-22nd 东南亚比赛女子双打赛（井浚泓）-金
-22nd 东南亚比赛男女混合赛-金
2004：
-美国国际乒乓联盟(ITTF) 女子单打赛-金
-亚洲杯女子单打赛-金
-Commonwealth Championship 女子团体赛-金

2005：
-斯洛文尼亚国际乒乓联盟(ITTF) 女子单打赛-金
-韩国国际乒乓联盟(ITTF) 女子单打赛-银
-台北国际乒乓联盟(ITTF) 女子单打赛-银
-美国国际乒乓联盟(ITTF) 女子单打赛-金
-国际乒乓联盟总决赛(ITTF) 女子单打赛-银
-23rd 东南亚比赛女子团体赛-金
-23rd 东南亚比赛女子双打赛（张雪琳）-金
-23rd 东南亚比赛男女混合赛（杨子）-银
-23rd 东南亚比赛女子单打赛-银

2006：
-18th Commonwealth Games 女子团体赛-银
-18th Commonwealth Games 女子双打赛（张雪琳）-金
-18th Commonwealth Games 女子单打赛-银
-亚洲杯女子单打赛-银
-国际乒乓联盟世界杯(ITTF) 女子单打赛-铜
-俄国国际乒乓联盟(ITTF) 女子单打赛-金
-德国国际乒乓联盟(ITTF) 女子双打赛（孙蓓蓓）-金
-15th 亚洲比赛女子团体赛-银
-15th 亚洲比赛女子单打赛-铜
-15th 亚洲比赛男女混合赛（杨子）-铜

2007：
-台北国际乒乓联盟(ITTF) 女子单打赛-金
-台北国际乒乓联盟(ITTF) 女子双打赛（孙蓓蓓）-银
-中国亚洲乒乓冠军女子团体赛-银
-法国国际乒乓联盟(ITTF) 女子双打赛（王越古）-银
-24th 东南亚比赛女子团体赛-金
-24th 东南亚比赛男女混合赛（杨子）-金
-24th 东南亚比赛女子双打赛（王越古）-银

2008：
-Evergrande Real Estate 世界乒乓团体冠军（冯天薇，王越古，孙蓓蓓，Yu Mengyu)-银
-科威特国际乒乓联盟(ITTF) 女子双打赛（孙蓓蓓）-银
-亚洲世界杯比赛女单打赛-铜
-巴西国际乒乓联盟(ITTF) 女单打赛-银
-巴西国际乒乓联盟(ITTF) 女子双打赛（孙蓓蓓）-银
-智利国际乒乓联盟(ITTF) 女子单打赛-金
-智利国际乒乓联盟(ITTF) 女子双打赛（孙蓓蓓）-银
-日本国际乒乓联盟(ITTF) 女子团体赛（冯天薇，王越古）-银
-新加坡国际乒乓联盟(ITTF) 女子双打赛（孙蓓蓓）-金
-北京奥林匹克女子团体赛（冯天薇，王越古）-银

Jiawei's achievements

1997

Women's team Gold 1997 Commonwealth Championships
Women's singles Bronze 1997 Commonwealth Championships
Women's doubles Gold 1997 Commonwealth Championships
Mixed doubles Gold 1997 Commonwealth Championships

1999

Women's team Gold 7–15 August 1999 20th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam
Women's singles Gold 7–15 August 1999 20th SEA Games
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam

Women's doubles

(with Jing Jun Hong)
Gold 7–15 August 1999 20th SEA Games
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam

Mixed doubles

(with Duan Yongjun)
Bronze 7–15 August 1999 20th SEA Games
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam

2000

Women's team Gold 2000 Commonwealth Championships
Women's singles Gold 2000 Commonwealth Championships
Women's doubles Gold 2000 Commonwealth Championships
Mixed doubles Gold 2000 Commonwealth Championships

2001

Women's team Gold 2001 Commonwealth Championships
Women's singles Gold 2001 Commonwealth Championships
Women's doubles Gold 2001 Commonwealth Championships

Mixed doubles

(with Duan Yongjun)
Gold 2001 Commonwealth Championships

Women's team Gold 8–17 September 2001 21st SEA Games
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Women's singles Gold 8–17 September 2001 21st SEA Games
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Women's doubles

(with Jing Jun Hong)
Gold 8–17 September 2001 21st SEA Games
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Mixed doubles

(with Duan Yongjun)
Bronze 8–17 September 2001 21st SEA Games
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2002

Women's singles Silver 23–27 January 2002 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Pro Tour Austria Open
Wels, Austria
Women's team Gold 25 July – 4 August 2002 XVII Commonwealth Games
Manchester, England, UK
Women's singles Silver 25 July – 4 August 2002 XVII Commonwealth Games
Manchester, England, UK

Women's doubles

(with Jing Jun Hong)
Gold 25 July – 4 August 2002 XVII Commonwealth Games
Manchester, England, UK

Mixed doubles

(with Duan Yongjun)
Gold 25 July – 4 August 2002 XVII Commonwealth Games
Manchester, England, UK

2003

Women's team Gold 12 December 2003 22nd SEA Games
Hanoi, Vietnam
Women's singles Gold 12 December 2003 22nd SEA Games
Hanoi, Vietnam

Women's doubles

(with Jing Jun Hong)
Gold 5–13 December 2003 22nd SEA Games
Hanoi, Vietnam

Mixed doubles

(with Cai Xiaoli)
Gold 5–13 December 2003 22nd SEA Games
Hanoi, Vietnam

2004

Women's singles Gold 3 July 2004 ITTF Pro Tour US Open
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Women's singles Gold 2004 Asian Cup
Women's team Gold 2004 Commonwealth Championships

2005

Women's singles Gold 12–15 January 2005 ITTF Pro Tour Liebherr Slovenian Open
Velenje, Slovenia
Women's singles Silver 12 June 2005 ITTF Pro Tour Volkswagen Korean Open
Suncheon, Jeollanam-do, South Korea
Women's singles Silver 19 June 2005 ITTF Pro Tour TMS Chinese Taipei Open
Taipei, Chinese Taipei
Women's singles Gold 10 July 2005 ITTF Pro Tour Liebherr US Open
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Women's singles Silver 2005 ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals
Women's team Gold 30 November 2005 23rd SEA Games
Malate, Manila, Philippines

Mixed doubles

(with Yang Zi)
Silver 2 December 2005 23rd SEA Games
Malate, Manila, Philippines

Women's doubles

(with Zhang Xueling)
Gold 3 December 2005 23rd SEA Games
Malate, Manila, Philippines

Women's singles Silver 4 December 2005 23rd SEA Games
Malate, Manila, Philippines

2006

Women's team

(with Zhang Xueling, Sharon Tan, Xu Yan and Zena Sim)
Gold 20 March 2006 18th Commonwealth Games
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Mixed doubles

(with Cai Xiaoli)
Silver 24 March 2006 18th Commonwealth Games
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Women's doubles

(with Zhang Xueling)
Gold 25 March 2006 18th Commonwealth Games
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Women's singles Silver 26 March 2006 18th Commonwealth Games
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Women's singles Silver 2006 Asian Cup
Women's singles Bronze 1 October 2006 ITTF Sinkiang Women's World Cup
Ürümqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China
Women's singles Gold 1–5 November 2006 ITTF Pro Tour Eurosib Russian Open
Saint Petersburg, Russia

Women's doubles

(with Sun Beibei)
Gold 1–5 November 2006 ITTF Pro Tour Eurosib Russian Open
Saint Petersburg, Russia

Women's singles Silver 12 November 2006 ITTF Pro Tour Liebherr German Open
Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany

Women's doubles

(with Sun Beibei)
Gold 12 November 2006 ITTF Pro Tour Liebherr German Open
Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany

Women's team Silver 1–15 December 2006 15th Asian Games
Doha, Qatar
Women's singles Bronze 1–15 December 2006 15th Asian Games
Doha, Qatar

Mixed doubles

(with Yang Zi)
Bronze 1–15 December 2006 15th Asian Games
Doha, Qatar

2007

Women's singles Gold 26 August 2007 ITTF Pro Tour Chinese Taipei Open
Taipei, Chinese Taipei

Women's doubles

(with Sun Beibei)
Silver 26 August 2007 ITTF Pro Tour Chinese Taipei Open
Taipei, Chinese Taipei

Women's team

(with Sun Beibei, Wang Yuegu, Tan Paey Fern and Tan Hui Min)
Silver 19 September 2007 18th China Mobile Asian Table Tennis Championships
Yangzhou, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China

Women's doubles

(with Wang Yuegu)
Silver 4 November 2007 ITTF Pro Tour Liebherr French Open
Toulouse, France

Women's team Gold 5 December 2007 24th SEA Games
Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat), Thailand

Mixed doubles

(with Yang Zi)
Gold 8 December 2007 24th SEA Games
Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat), Thailand

Women's doubles

(with Wang Yuegu)
Silver 9 December 2007 24th SEA Games
Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat), Thailand

2008

Women's team

(with Feng Tianwei, Wang Yuegu, Sun Beibei and Yu Mengyu)
Silver 1 March 2008 Evergrande Real Estate World Team Table Tennis Championships
Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China

Women's doubles

(with Sun Beibei)
Silver 16 March 2008 ITTF Pro Tour Kuwait Open
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Women's singles Bronze 29–30 March 2008 2008 Asian Cup
Sapporo, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan
Women's singles Silver 20 April 2008 ITTF Pro Tour Brazil Open
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Women's doubles

(with Sun Beibei) Silver 20 April 2008 ITTF Pro Tour Brazil Open
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Women's singles Gold 27 April 2008 ITTF Pro Tour Chile Open
Santiago, Chile

Women's doubles

(with Sun Beibei) Silver 27 April 2008 ITTF Pro Tour Chile Open
Santiago, Chile

Women's team

(with Feng Tianwei and Wang Yuegu)
Silver 24 May 2008 ITTF Pro Tour Volkswagen Japan Open
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Women's doubles

(with Sun Beibei)
Gold 8 June 2008 ITTF Pro Tour TMS Singapore Open
Singapore

Women's team

(with Feng Tianwei and Wang Yuegu)
Silver 13–17 August 2008 2008 Summer Olympics
Beijing, People's Republic of China

biography

2008-08-26T02:40:00.000-07:00

Biography (Credits to Wikipedia)

Li Jiawei (李佳薇; Lǐ Jiāwēi) (born 9 August 1981) is a China-born Singaporean table tennis player who is ranked among the top ten athletes in her sport. Spotted by Singapore talent scouts in Beijing in 1995, she moved to Singapore and commenced her international career in competitive table tennis in 1996. She became a Singapore citizen at the age of 18 years under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme.

As a singles player, Li was ranked sixth in the world as of August 2008. Her highest ranking was in December 2005, when she was third. Li is also a key player for women's team and doubles, and mixed doubles events. She finished in fourth place in singles at both the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. On 15 August, the Singapore women's team comprised of Li and her teammates Feng Tianwei and Wang Yuegu defeated South Korea 3–2 in the semifinals. However in the finals on 17 August, the team lost to China and obtained a silver medal, marking the first time that Singapore had won an Olympic medal since the nation's independence in 1965. The medal came 48 years after Tan Howe Liang won the country's first medal, a silver in weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.

Career as national player

Ranked 18th in the world in 2000, Li achieved gold medals in the women's team, women's doubles and mixed doubles events at the XVII Commonwealth Games held between 25 July and 4 August 2002 in Manchester, and was ranked eighth in November 2002. The following year, in December 2003, Li was a member of the Singapore team which swept the top awards at the 23rd Southeast Asian Games in the women's team, women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles.

On 3 July 2004, Li took gold in the women's singles at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Pro Tour US Open in Chicago. Subsequently, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, she defeated the second-seeded China player Wang Nan but eventually finished in fourth place. In 2005, she was second in the ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals, and gained silver medals for the women's singles and mixed doubles at the 23rd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games held between 28 November and 4 December 2005 in Manila. She was also the key player in the gold-winning women's team and women's doubles events. In December 2005, she was ranked third in the world as a singles player. She won an individual Singapore Youth Award in 2005 and was Her World magazine's Young Woman Achiever of 2005.

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Li won gold for the women's team and women's doubles, and the silver medal for the women's singles and mixed doubles events. Subsequently, she won the women's singles at the ITTF Pro Tour Russia Open. She also achieved third place in the ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals and the Women's World Cup, which are two of the most prestigious and difficult competitions in the table tennis arena. At the 15th Asian Games held from 29 November to 7 December 2006 in Doha, Qatar, she achieved three medals: a silver for the women's team event and two bronzes for the women's singles and mixed doubles. The next year, she won gold in the singles at the ITTF Pro Tour Chinese Taipei Open in Taipei, and helped Singapore to the top spots in the women's team and mixed doubles events at the 2007 SEA Games in Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat), Thailand.

As at August 2008, Li was ranked sixth in the world. She won the accolade of Sportswoman of the Year from the Singapore National Olympic Council five times in a row between 2002 and 2006, and received a Meritorious Award in 2007.

2008 Summer Olympics

Li represented Singapore for the third time in the Olympic Games at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She was the flag-bearer for Team Singapore at the opening ceremony of the Games on 8 August, having requested the honour. She explained: "There has been so much debate over the foreign talent scheme. This is my way of showing everyone that everything I've ever achieved is because of Singapore."

At the Beijing Olympics, table tennis team events are played in a best-of-five-matches format. Teams play two single matches followed by a doubles match. If there is no winner after these matches, the teams play a fourth singles match, and if necessary a rubber match to determine the winning team. On 13 August, the Singapore women's table tennis team coached by Liu Guodong, comprising Li as the team captain and her teammates Feng Tianwei and Wang Yuegu, beat teams from the United States and Nigeria with comfortable 3–0 wins. On 14 August, the Singapore team also defeated the Netherlands 3–0 to reach the semifinals, but not before a gruelling five-game doubles match against the Dutch players Li Jie and Elena Timina which Li Jiawei and Wang Yuegu eventually won 3–2. The next day, 15 August, the Singapore team defeated the South Korean team of Dang Ye-Seo, Kim Kyung-Ah and Park Mi-Young 3–2 in the semifinals, which went to five matches. Li lost her singles match to Korea's Kim, but beat Kim and Park in the doubles with her partner Wang. Singapore's Feng won both her singles matches against Dang and Park.

On 17 August, Li and her teammates gained Singapore a silver medal in women's table tennis after losing to China in three matches. Li won the first game of her singles match, but was then defeated by her former Beijing Sports School teammate Zhang Yining. In the doubles match, China's Zhang and Guo Yue bested Singapore's Li and Wang Yuegu. This marked the first time that Singapore had won an Olympic medal since the nation's independence in 1965. The medal came 48 years after Tan Howe Liang won the country's first medal, a silver in weightlifting in the lightweight category at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong requested that the live English language broadcast of his National Day Rally speech, which coincided with the table tennis finals, be postponed by a day. He also provided the audience with updates on the score, and made a conference call to Tan Eng Liang, Team Singapore's chef de mission, to congratulate the team.

Li and her teammates received byes into the third round of the singles tournament. Asked if she stood a chance of winning any more medals, she said: "I will try my best in every match. I definitely hope to win one more medal for Singapore." She beat Croatia's Tamara Boroš in the third round, Hong Kong's Lin Ling in the fourth round, and the USA's Wang Chen in the quarter-finals. However, on 22 August she was defeated in the semifinals 4–1 by Zhang Yining of China, ranked number one in the world, and lost the bronze medal 4–2 to China's Guo Yue. Thus placed fourth in the singles tournament, she equalled her performance in the 2004 Athens Olympics but again failed in her quest for an individual Olympic medal. After the bronze medal match, a tearful Li told reporters this would be her final Olympics. At a victory celebration in Singapore on 25 August, Vivian Balakrishnan, the Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, announced that Li, Feng and Wang would be presented with the Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Meritorious Service Medal). This is only the third time the medal will be awarded to athletes, the two previous recipients being weightlifter Tan Howe Liang (1962) and swimmer Joscelin Yeo (2006).