﻿{"id":357841,"date":"2019-03-13T08:55:17","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T15:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=357841"},"modified":"2021-03-24T16:39:22","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T23:39:22","slug":"chinese-diver-li-ting-inducted-international-swimming-hall-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/chinese-diver-li-ting-inducted-international-swimming-hall-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Diver, Li Ting, To Be Inducted Into the International Swimming Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At just seven years old, Li Ting&#8217;s emerging diving talent caught the eye of Chinese diving coaches.\u00a0 She, along with her twin sister, Li Rao, were sent for formal training and eventually joined the Chinese National Team.\u00a0 Li Ting continued on with a successful career in diving which included a trip to the Athens Olympic Games at just 17 years old in her specialty event the synchronized 10-meter platform, the London Olympic Games, two World University Games, and many other World Championships and elite international competitions.\u00a0 Li Ting will be inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as a member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2019-international-swimming-hall-of-fame-induction-weekend-reserve-hotel-get-tickets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Class of 2019 during the Honoree Induction ceremony in Fort Lauderdale, Florida,<\/a> May 18, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about Li Ting and all of our honorees at the <a href=\"https:\/\/ishof.org\/shop.html#!\/2019-Honoree-Induction\/c\/12204564\/offset=0&amp;sort=normal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ISHOF Induction dinner.\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0 Become an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/product\/ishof-legacy-membership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ISHOF Legacy Member and attend the ISHOF Induction Dinner for FREE.<\/a>\u00a0 Can&#8217;t attend the event? Please consider making a <a href=\"https:\/\/ishof.org\/shop.html#!\/ISHOF-Donations\/c\/11660461\/offset=0&amp;sort=normal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">donation to ISHOF<\/a> to support Li and our other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2019-international-swimming-hall-of-fame-induction-weekend-reserve-hotel-get-tickets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">inspirational honorees<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>About Li Ting<\/h2>\n<p>When they were just little girls,<strong> Li Ting<\/strong> and her twin sister, <strong>Li Rao<\/strong>, fell in love with diving by watching their older sister, <strong>Li Yaun<\/strong>.\u00a0 Every day after school, they would rush to the outdoor pool in their hometown of Lingui to play and watch Li Yaun train.\u00a0 Eventually, all three sisters trained at the pool in Lingui, receiving basic diving training from Coach <strong>Tang Gengsheng<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The seven-year old twins had a special diving talent though which brought them recognition early on.\u00a0 They were chosen for their athletic abilities and sent for formal training, along with their regular education, to the Guilin Diving School to be trained by Coach <strong>Zeng Yong<\/strong> and Coach <strong>Qin Jing<\/strong>.\u00a0 They became members of the provincial squad in 1995.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_357835\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-357835\" data-attachment-id=\"357835\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/img_3988_resized\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3988_resized.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,524\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_3988_resized\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;3\/12\/19&lt;br \/&gt;\n2019 ISHOF honoree&lt;br \/&gt;\nDiver Li Ting&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Li Ting&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3988_resized-600x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3988_resized.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-357835\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3988_resized.jpg\" alt=\"Li Ting ISHOF Honoree\" width=\"600\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3988_resized.jpg 600w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3988_resized-229x200.jpg 229w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3988_resized-300x262.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3988_resized-450x393.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3988_resized-150x131.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3988_resized-500x437.jpg 500w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3988_resized-533x465.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-357835\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L to R) Li Rao, Coach Qin Jing, and Li Ting; Photo Courtesy: Li Ting<\/p><\/div>\n<p>ISHOF Honoree, <strong>Zhou Jihong<\/strong>, Director of the National Team in China, recognized the potential of the sisters and in 1999, they were selected as members of the Chinese National Diving Team.\u00a0 When they first arrived to train with the national team, they were star-struck.\u00a0 They were in the presence of and would be training with, the greatest divers in the world.\u00a0 Divers that they had only seen on television.\u00a0 Divers like <strong>Xiong Ni<\/strong>, <strong>Sun Shuwei<\/strong> and <strong>Fu Mingxia<\/strong>, all future Hall of Famers.\u00a0 It was very exciting for the sisters, yet also overwhelming, they were in a strange place, far from home.<\/p>\n<p>The new training was extremely difficult and intense.\u00a0 Li Ting and Li Rau were still young, and there was a tremendous amount of pressure put on them. They were expected to perform at the highest levels. \u00a0It was a demanding atmosphere and the girls felt a great deal of stress and knew perfection was expected.\u00a0 Yet, the girls thrived. They improved tremendously and with the many different aspects of training, and with the top coaches in the country, they learned many new dives and difficult moves.<\/p>\n<p>Li Ting, partnered with her twin sister, Li Rao, in the Ninth Annual Chinese National Championships, won the bronze medal on the 10-meter platform in the synchronized diving event.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_357839\" style=\"width: 453px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-357839\" data-attachment-id=\"357839\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/img_3987_resized\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3987_resized.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"443,364\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_3987_resized\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;3\/12\/19&lt;br \/&gt;\n2019 ISHOF Honoree&lt;br \/&gt;\nDiver Li Ting&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Li Ting&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3987_resized.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3987_resized.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-357839 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3987_resized.jpg\" alt=\"Li Ting ISHOF honoree\" width=\"443\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3987_resized.jpg 443w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3987_resized-243x200.jpg 243w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3987_resized-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3987_resized-150x123.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-357839\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Li Rao and Li Ting; Photo Courtesy: Li Ting<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In 2001, the twin sisters went abroad for the very first time to compete in Germany, Russia and the United Kingdom.\u00a0 They took gold in the women\u2019s synchronized 10-meter platform in all three stops of the competition.\u00a0 In addition to the synchronized events, Li Ting came away with three more gold medals, winning all the individual events on all three stops, all on the 10-meter tower, in the individual event.<\/p>\n<p>In 2003, Li Ting was paired with new partner, <strong>Lao Lishi<\/strong>.\u00a0 The new pair went on to win the 10<sup>th<\/sup> FINA World Championships (Barcelona) on the 10-meter platform in the synchronized event.\u00a0 The same year, Li Ting was selected for the 2004 Olympic Team, at the age of just 17 years old.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_357838\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-357838\" data-attachment-id=\"357838\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/img_3968\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3968.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"440,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_3968\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;3\/12\/19&lt;br \/&gt;\n2019 ISHOF Honoree&lt;br \/&gt;\nDiver Li Ting&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3968.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3968.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-357838\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3968.jpg\" alt=\"Li Ting ISHOF Honoree\" width=\"440\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3968.jpg 440w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3968-196x200.jpg 196w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3968-300x307.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3968-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3968-150x153.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-357838\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2004 Olympics, Lao Lishi and Li Ting; Photo Courtesy: Li Ting<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For Li Ting\u2019s first experience on the Olympic stage, she certainly did not disappoint.\u00a0 She and Lao Lishi won the women\u2019s synchronized event on the 10-meter platform, her signature event.\u00a0 They also won the 14<sup>th<\/sup> FINA World Cup (Athens) earlier in the year.<\/p>\n<p>After the Athens Olympic Games, in 2005, the coaches decided it was time for Li Ting to expand her diving and transition to springboard diving, now that she had mastered the tower.\u00a0 It was a hard transition for Li but she mastered it successfully, as she did most challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Li Ting competed for the first time as a synchronized 3-meter springboard diver at the FINA Diving Grand Prix in Canada and took gold.\u00a0 She went on to win the FINA World Championships in the same event.\u00a0 Later in the year, Li participated in the 23<sup>rd<\/sup> World University Games, where she came away with three gold medals, the first in the 10-meter individual event, and the next two in the 3- and the 10-meter synchronized events.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_357836\" style=\"width: 732px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-357836\" data-attachment-id=\"357836\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/img_3972_reduced\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3972_reduced.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"722,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_3972_reduced\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;3\/12\/19&lt;br \/&gt;\n2019 ISHOF Honoree&lt;br \/&gt;\nDiver Li Ting&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Li Ting&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3972_reduced-700x480.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3972_reduced.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-357836\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3972_reduced.jpg\" alt=\"Li Ting ISHOF honoree\" width=\"722\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3972_reduced.jpg 722w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3972_reduced-280x186.jpg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3972_reduced-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3972_reduced-450x299.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3972_reduced-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3972_reduced-500x332.jpg 500w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3972_reduced-533x354.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-357836\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2005 National Games, (L to R) Li Ting and Li Rao; Photo Courtesy: Li Ting<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In 2006, Li Ting won the 3-meter synchronized event at the 15<sup>th<\/sup> Asian Games and went on to win the same event with ISHOF Hall of Famer <strong>Guo JingJing<\/strong> at the 15th FINA Diving Grand Prix.\u00a0 Later in the year, while Li Ting was practicing for the FINA World Cup, she noticed that she had a small pain in her leg and she tried to ignore it. \u00a0It turned out to be a fatigue fracture caused by long term use from her many hours of training.\u00a0 Being the true competitor that she is, Li Ting fought through the pain, continued the competition and won the 3-meter synchro competition with teammate, Guo Jingjing, in their home country of China, in Changshu.<\/p>\n<p>2007 saw Li Ting continue to win on the 3-meter springboard in the synchro event in every meet she entered, but this time she had a new partner, <strong>He Zi<\/strong>.\u00a0 They took gold in the 24<sup>th<\/sup> University Games (Bangkok), and the FINA World Diving Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_357837\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-357837\" data-attachment-id=\"357837\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/img_3986_resized\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3986_resized.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,508\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_3986_resized\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;3\/12\/19&lt;br \/&gt;\n2019 ISHOF Honoree&lt;br \/&gt;\nDiver Li Ting&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Li Ting&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3986_resized-400x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3986_resized.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-357837\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3986_resized.jpg\" alt=\"Li Ting ISHOF Honoree\" width=\"400\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3986_resized.jpg 400w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3986_resized-157x200.jpg 157w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3986_resized-300x381.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3986_resized-150x191.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_3986_resized-394x500.jpg 394w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-357837\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Li Ting<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The year is now 2008, and the city of Beijing was preparing to host the long-awaited Olympic Games. All Chinese people were proud to showcase their city and country.\u00a0 Chinese athletes were especially excited to compete in their own country and have the crowd be their own fans.\u00a0 Li Ting was 21 years old, was at the top of her game and should have been more thrilled than anyone.\u00a0 Unfortunately, that was not the case.<\/p>\n<p>The pain from her leg continued to get worse and sadly kept her out of the 2008 Olympic Games.\u00a0 She eventually had surgery but her leg was slow to heal.\u00a0 Li Ting knew she had to make a difficult decision and end her career.<\/p>\n<p>She set new goals for herself, deciding to go to university even thought she knew it would be hard switch from physical activity to studying.\u00a0 She would just have to consider reading, an Olympic event!\u00a0 So, she went back to school and in 2012, Li Ting graduated from China Renmin University, an elite research university in Beijing with a Bachelor\u2019s degree.\u00a0 She continued on to graduate school, and received her degree from the Beijing Sports University, where she studied humanities, sociology and sports management.\u00a0 After she completed her graduate degree, Li Ting went to the University of Minnesota as a visiting scholar for nine months in 2014-2015, which was fully funded by the National Scholarship Fund.<\/p>\n<p>After Li Ting\u2019s time in Minnesota, she returned to her hometown province of Guangxi, as the deputy director of the Aquatic Center of Guangxi. In 2018, Li Ting joined her fellow former teammates, <strong>Wu Minxia<\/strong> and others, and became an international FINA referee for diving. In addition to staying involved in the diving community, Li Ting is involved in social welfare activities.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"296110\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/international-swimming-hall-of-fame-announces-induction-class-of-2018-and-annual-awards\/ishof-inductees\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ishof-Inductees.png\" data-orig-size=\"1200,655\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ishof-Inductees\" 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