Declaration means that badminton legend will not be competing in the next Olympics. FMTNews
Lin Dan poses with his trophy following his men’s singles final victory at the Malaysia Open in Kuching in 2017.
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. The duo reigned over the sport for more than a decade and have only relinquished that hold in recent years as their powers waned.
“My family, coaches, teammates and fans have accompanied me through many peaks and difficult troughs,” he said in a post on China’s Twitter-like Weibo that quickly went viral.As well as the double Olympic golds, Lin was also a five-time world champion and a long-time former world No 1.However, the left-hander’s career has tailed off in recent years as age and injuries took their toll.
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