Badminton superstar Lin Dan retires at 36Lin, who had something of a 'bad boy' reputation during his younger days and has several tattoos, ends with 666 singles wins and a glut of medalsBEIJING: China's two-time Olympic champion Lin Dan, arguably the greatest badminton player of all time, announced his retirement on Saturday aged 36. It means that Lin, who won gold at the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Games, will not compete at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which were pushed back to next summer because of coronavirus. As well as the double Olympic golds, Lin was also a five-time world champion and a long-time former world number one. Lin earned the nickname "Super Dan" at the peak of his career. Lin had always maintained that he would try to make it a last Olympics hurrah in Tokyo in an unlikely bid for a third Olympic gold.

Source: Bangkok Post July 04, 2020 05:48 UTC