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    PEOPLE & POINTS

    Jul 16, 2020 4 minutes

    SHUTTLER ‘SUPER DAN’ ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT

    Chinese badminton’s “Super Dan” Lin Dan announced his retirement on social media on July 4.

    “From 2000 to 2020, after 20 years, I have to say goodbye to the national team. It is challenging to say it out loud,” the two-time Olympic gold medalist and five-time world champion said on Weibo, Chinese social media.

    Lin had a lackluster performance entering the Tokyo Olympic cycle and encountered many challenges in the Olympic qualification process. But the 37-year-old didn’t give up and trained hard to reach his fifth Olympic Games. However, the Tokyo Olympic Games were postponed by one year due to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, further casting a shadow on Lin’s journey to Tokyo.

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