China News Service, July 5th, badminton Olympic champion Lin Dan announced his retirement on personal social media on the 4th. The World Badminton Federation and the International Olympic Committee Olympic Channel wrote articles that evening, highly appraising Lin Dan's brilliant career, praising him as the most outstanding men's singles player of the 21st century, and the man born for the big scene.

World badminton official website praised Lin Dan's article screenshot

　　The World Badminton Federation praised Lin Dan as the most outstanding athlete in the 21st century and stated that it is difficult to measure the impact of Lin Dan on badminton. "As a contestant, Lin Dan has set a benchmark that is not impossible but difficult to achieve. Without Lin Dan's unbeatable contest, there is no opponent that Lin Dan cannot conquer."

　　After winning the All England Championship for the first time in 2004, Lin Dan reached the final 10 times and won 6 times in the next 15 years. While admiring Lin Dan's achievements, Yulian asked: "Where does the master come from?"

　　Later, they answered in the article: In short, Lin Dan’s extraordinary ability stems from full control of the game, including excellent technical level, abundant physical strength and strong psychology. This ability allows Lin Dan to maintain a high standard even after the 30-year-old men's singles are older than young and strong opponents. Lin Dan's last championship at the 2019 Malaysian Open showed such adaptability.

Screenshot of the IOC Olympic Channel website article

　　The Olympic Channel of the International Olympic Committee titled "Historically Great Athlete Lin Dan Announced Retired" as the title, reviewed Lin Dan's 20-year career, from winning the Korean Open for the first time in 2012, first in the world in 2004, to winning twice The Olympic gold medal, the five-time world championship title, and the six-time domination of the All-British Championship. Throughout his 20-year career, he has played wonderful matches with Gade, Taufik and Li Zongwei.

　　The article praised Lin Dan as "one of the greatest athletes in the history of badminton", "a man born for the big scene", and is the most successful athlete in the history of modern badminton. After winning the championship for the first time in the All England Championships in 2004, the nickname "Super Dan", which was given to the final opponent Danish star Gade, has been used to this day. (Finish)