On July 4, 2020, badminton king Lin Dan officially announced his retirement news on his personal Weibo, ending the Chinese national team's badminton career. Image source: Osports All Sports Pictures

　　China News Service Client Beijing, July 4th (Li He) At noon on the 4th, the Chinese sports circle welcomes you again. Badminton king Lin Dan officially announced his retirement news on his personal Weibo, ending his 20-year career with the Chinese national team.

　　This farewell means that Lin Dan will miss the fifth Olympic Games. However, in his 20-year career, Lin Dan will not lack another Olympic experience as an embellishment. The accumulation of bits and pieces over the past 20 years has already created the greatness of the "Super Dan".

On December 18, 2005, Beijing time, in the 2005 World Cup Badminton Tournament, Lin Dan defeated Thai player Possana and won his first world championship. Image source: Osports All Sports Pictures

Olympic veterans of the 4 dynasties have made classics from the trough to the peak

　　Although he missed Tokyo and could not appear on the stage of the Olympic Games for the fifth time, Lin Dan’s 20-year career also made him a veteran of the Olympics, and the classic scenes he made on the Olympics have become "super Dan's good memories left to us.

　　No one is a natural king, and heroes who often climb from the dust are more determined and powerful. Lin Dan is like this. The most tragic loss of his career happened precisely at the Olympics, the world's highest sports hall.

　　In 2004, the British media has begun to use "super dan" to describe Lin Dan. With such a name, Lin Dan set foot on the arena of the Athens Olympics.

On August 15, 2004 local time, Athens, Greece, Lindane played for the Olympic Games for the first time. Image source: ICphoto

　　Lin Dan once recalled: "I was preparing for the Olympic Games for the first time in 2004, and now my memory is that I have never participated in such a competition before, so everything is unknown."

　　And according to everything known today, Lin Dan encountered the lowest point of his career in Athens. In the men’s singles competition, Lin Dan, who has already ranked first in the world, faced the Singaporean in the first round. Susilo, the world’s 10th ranked player, lost two consecutive games and was eliminated.

　　He was greatly disappointed by his high hopes, and his name changed from "Super Dan" to "Lin Yilun".

　　Sudden losses and overwhelming accusations have brought unimaginable pressure. And such pressure, Lin Dan has been carrying for four years.

On August 17, 2008, in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Badminton Men's Singles Finals, Lin Dan boarded the highest podium. Image source: ICphoto

　　On August 17, 2008, 25-year-old Lin Dan stood in the badminton men's singles final of the Beijing Olympic Games. This is his second Olympic tour and his first time on the finals. Opposite him is old rival Li Zongwei. They were the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds of the current competition respectively. This is the first time in the history of the Olympic Games.

　　Looking back now, maybe the course of the game has been blurred, but after Li Zongwei returned to the ball and got off the net, Lin Dan jumped and threw the racket and rolled around on the floor. I believe many people still remember it. Lin Dan finally became the Olympic champion. He finally lived up to expectations and won a gold medal for Guo Yu for the Olympic men's singles.

　　Lin Dan waited four years for this "late" gold medal. From the trough to the peak, facing the unimaginable pressure, Lin Dan carried it. After going all this way, the 2012 Olympic gold win is more like the success from the peak to the legend. In contrast, the story of Lin Dan's London Olympics and Li Zongwei's first loss and then win, and the scene of a rushing arm after a decisive goal have become legendary embellishments.

Passionate celebration after the card. Image source: Visual China

　　As for Rio in 2016, although there was no fledgling in the first round, Lin Dan, who was so unforgettable in the first round, and not admired by people like Beijing and London, and finally failed to stand on the podium, was still unforgettable.

　　In the semifinals, Lin and Li met again. This is the 37th and last time when Lin and Li battle, the two are already over 30 years old. But in the world of young people, the "old guys" are still competing with each other, and are happy. And Lin Dan saved three match points in a row and the picture of the two men hugging each other after the game. Now I think about it, maybe it is the most beautiful rest of the era of Lin Li Zhengfeng.

On August 19, 2016 local time, the Rio Olympics badminton men's singles semi-final ended a focus battle. Lin Dan and Malaysian star Li Zongwei staged their 37th "Lin Li War". Lin Dan lost 1-2 to Li Zongwei in the end. The two embraced after the game. China News reporter Sheng Jiapeng photo

The World Championship 5 times said that no one before the king wrote an epic

　　A 20-year career, the epic poem written by Lin Dan is not only in the Olympics. In the badminton world, Lin Dan also created a historical picture that belongs to "Super Dan" by virtue of winning the unprecedented five world championships.

　　In the 2013 Guangzhou Badminton World Championships men's singles finals, Lin Dan ushered in the 32nd confrontation with Li Zongwei, and their seventh match in the World Championships. And the final result was the 23rd time, Lin Dan walked out of the field as a winner. And he won more than a victory.

　　After this victory, he won the fifth world championship after 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2011. He has thus become the only athlete in the history of the World Championships to win the title five times in the same event.

On August 11, 2013, in the 2013 Badminton World Championships men's singles finals, Lin Dan vs Li Zongwei, Super Dan won the championship with his wife Xie Xingfang after winning the championship. Image source: Osports All Sports Pictures

　　And the reason why this memory can be remembered for a long time in Lin Dan's long career, even in this game, there is no loser.

　　That was Li Zongwei's best chance to win. Lin Dan has been recuperating for a long time, and he has been out of battle for a long time. At the beginning of the game, Li Zongwei also won the first game at 21:16.

　　Lin Dan pulled back the second game at 21:13. In the tiebreaker, Li Zongwei cramped his right thigh at the end of the game. Although he insisted on returning to the court, he could not stand after playing two goals. At this time, the scoreboard showed 20:17. Lin Dan held the match point.

　　Li Zongwei squatted on the court, long unwilling to make the cruel decision he had already known-to retire.

The picture shows that on August 11, 2013, in the 2013 badminton world championship men's singles final, Malaysian star Li Zongwei retired due to injury, and Chinese player Lin Dan finally won the men's singles championship. Lin Dan asked Li Zongwei about his injury. China News Service reporter Long Yuyang

　　At this moment, Lin Dan drilled the net and walked to Li Zongwei's half, putting his hand on the opponent's shoulder to comfort his old opponent. Eventually Li Zongwei had to accept reality and chose to abstain. After insisting on moving to the net to congratulate Lin Dan, Li Zongwei fell down on the sidelines like rain, and Lin Dan lifted Li Zongwei with the medical staff on the stretcher.

　　At this moment, Li Zongwei was Lin Dan's "enemy of life" and even a friend of heart. The plot of the "Lin-Li War", which runs through the career of the duo, was best interpreted at this moment.

　　Li Zongwei failed to participate in the awards ceremony, Lin Dan said emotionally: "We are no longer our opponents. We cherish each other's opportunities very much. We are all 30 years old. Every game is very precious. I am very grateful to this great opponent. "

　　The heroes cherish each other for a long time.

Lin Dan and Li Zongwei. Image source: ICphoto

Double lap full slams, back-to-back interpretation of legend

　　Lin Dan's countless highlights during the two Olympic cycles in Beijing and London are his long-term peak performance, and he even carries countless honors.

　　In 2014, Incheon, 31-year-old Lin Dan topless, five-star red flag hung on his neck. In the recently concluded Incheon Asian Games badminton men's singles final, Lin Dan defeated teammate Chen Long to defend the Asian Games badminton men's singles championship. With this victory, he has also become the only "double slam" owner in the history of badminton in the world.

　　This means that Lin Dan has won all the gold medals in the Olympic Games, World Championships, Asian Games, Thomas Cup, Sudirman Cup, National Games and more than twice.

Data map: Lin Dan. Image source: Osports All Sports Pictures

　　At the moment of finalizing the coffin, how to evaluate Lin Dan's career. If the word "great" is too pale, then those who haven't come yet may be the most powerful interpretation of Lin Dan's career.

　　Looking back on Lin Dan's career, every achievement is enough to look up. Among his many honors, the achievement of "double circle grand slam" is almost a great cause that can't be copied by future generations.

　　The impressive scene in Incheon was also that at the press conference after that game, a foreign reporter asked if he would participate in the Rio Olympics two years later. At that time, "Super Dan" responded: "Tokyo!" Although it is difficult to fulfill the promise, the legend is already in the history book. (Finish)