Lin’s work is done


SHANGHAI: China’s two-time Olympic champion Lin Dan, arguably the greatest badminton player of all time, has announced his retirement at the age of 36.

Lin Dan, who won gold at the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Games, will not compete at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which has been pushed back to next summer because of the coronavirus.

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