LIN DAN VS LEE CHONG WEI: HOW BADMINTON"S GREAT RIVALRY WAS BORN

Lin Dan announced his retirement on Saturday, just over a year after the retirement of his great rival and frikết thúc Lee Chong Wei.

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Lee Chong Wei (L) và Lin Dan | AFP
Badminton legover Lin Dan announced his retirement from the sport with an emotion post on social truyền thông on Saturday. The Chinese bids adieu with two Olympic gold medals & five sầu World Championship titles lớn his name.

“My family, coaches, team-mates & fans have accompanied me through many peaks & difficult troughs,” Lin said in a post on China’s Twitter-like Weibo that quickly went viral. “Every forceful jump was a desire for victory. I have sầu dedicated everything khổng lồ this sport I love sầu.”

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The end of Lin’s glorious career comes just over a year after the retirement of his great rival and friend, the Malaysian star Lee Chong Wei.

The duo reigned over the sport for more than a decade và had only relinquished that hold in recent years as their powers waned.

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Lee called his nemesis Lin “my greademo opponent”.

“Please believe sầu that the laughter, tears and all the promises are unforgettable diary entries,” the 37-year-old Lee wrote on Weibo. “Proud of you,” he added.

Lee also put out a heartfelt tribute for his great rival on Twitter:

“We knew this day would arrive sầu,Heavy moment of our lives;You pulled down the curtain gracefully,You were king where we fought so proudly;Your final wave all four disappear,Within the hush of silent tear.”

We knew this day would arrive,Heavy moment of our lives;You pulled down the curtain gracefully,You were king where we fought so proudly;Your final wave sầu all four disappear,Within the hush of silent tear.#lindan pic.twitter.com/gLJdpPTkB9

— Lee Chong Wei (
LeeChongWei) July 4, 2020

Lin Dan vs Lee Chong Wei: The badminton rivalry that enthralled fans for over a decade

Lee và Lin played 40 times in total, with the latter convincingly dominating their head-to-head 28-12. The 2008 và 2012 Olympic title matches were amuốn the most memorable showdowns between the two men, who both enjoyed long spells as world No 1.

Known as “Super Dan”, Lin had a reputation as badminton’s bad boy – he sported multiple tattoos, unusual for a Chinese player, & strutted around the court with supreme confidence.

In contrast, Lee was quiet và unassuming. But his humble demeanour belied a dazzling array of weapons on the court – he was blessed with lightning reflexes and once held the record for the world’s fastest smash.

(With inputs from AFP)

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