The Thomas Cup and Uber World Badminton Team Championships kick off in Denmark. Lin Dan, who has participated in nine consecutive terms, is absent due to retirement.
Since 2002, Lin Dan has helped the Chinese team win the championship six times, achieving a stunning result of 32 wins and 1 loss.
There is no doubt that Lin Dan, who has won 20 world championships, is a miracle in the history of badminton in china, and he is also the first Grand Slam to win the world championship, known as Super Dan.
But in recent years, more than his achievements, his love life has been mentioned more.
On November 4, 2016, Lin Dan's wife Xie Xingfang gave birth to a son, and at noon on the same day, Lin Dan shared the news, sent a group photo of a family of three, and welcomed your arrival with a text, Fangfang worked hard!
Unexpectedly, lin dan was soon exposed and cheated on Xie Xingfang during her pregnancy.
The photo was exposed, it was September of the same year, Lin Dan was photographed eating arm in arm with the young model Zhao Yaqi, behaving intimately.
Lin Dan went to Guangdong to participate in the National Badminton Team Championships. After the training, Lin Dan returned to the hotel and engaged in a passionate drama of "forgetting to pull the curtains" with Zhao Yaqi.
After the exposure, netizens were in an uproar. I didn't expect the myth of the golden boy and jade girl in badminton, and when it was broken, it was shattered.
Xie Xingfang is the goddess of the badminton team, the Asian Championship women's singles champion, and Lin Dan was assigned to her as a sparring partner when she first entered the national team. Lin Dan chased her for 5 years before he got to the phone.
The two had just been together, and Lin Dan said that he was very filed and looked up to Xie Xingfang.
However, Lin Dan was strong and soon emerged, invincible, and won many awards in the competition.
At the end of the 2004 Athens Olympics, Lin Dan and Xie Xingfang openly fell in love, and the two encouraged each other to become a fairy couple.
In the following years, the two were a loving couple in private, and they both reached the top many times on the field.
However, Xie Xingfang was plagued by injuries and illness, and after winning the silver medal many times, she retired in 2009. At that time, Lin Dan emotionally confessed: "No matter what the result is, you have worked very hard and excellent, and I am proud of you." ”
The two ended their love for a long time, and the sister and brother fell in love with each other. Xie Xingfang became the woman behind Lin Dan, and Lin Dan ushered in the golden age.
After the derailment was exposed, Lin Dan apologized and sat down on the whole thing.
Originally thought that Lin Dan's marriage would come to an end, however, Xie Xingfang in the moon expressed forgiveness, "Our family will support this man who dares to take responsibility and will change his mistakes, thanks to the concern of friends and fans, our family is in the same boat."
Although everyone feels sorry, but in the end it is someone else's housework, and it will not be resolved.
But since then, netizens have said that he is no longer "Super Dan", but "Cheating Dan".
In fact, in addition to the cheating scandal, Lin Dan also has a lot of controversy.
In 1995, 12-year-old Lin Dan was selected by the Bayi team and became a military athlete. Due to his outstanding performance in the badminton world and his contribution to the national sports cause, Lin Dan's rank has also been continuously promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Lin Dan, who was born in the military, has tattoos on his body and has also caused dissatisfaction among the majority of netizens.
Lin Dan tattooed an F on the inside of his arm, the abbreviation of Fang, to express his love for Xie Xingfang. I thought it was sweet, but now I think it's ironic.
Above Lin Dan's left arm, a cross was tattooed in honor of his grandmother. Because his grandmother was a faithful Christian, she often prayed for her.
He has an LD tattoo on his neck, his initials, and his own clothing brand.
Because of his fame and strength, Lin Dan has endorsed a lot and earned a lot of money. But because of the endorsement of the Japanese brand Yonex, Lin Dan has received a lot of criticism.
Yonex signed a 10-year, 10-billion-dollar contract with it. However, after Lin Dan's endorsement, he could not use the domestic brand racket game.
Therefore, Lin Dan refused to use the domestic racket, and pulled with the organizer for nearly half an hour in the game, delaying the game. China Yuchao fined Lin Dan 120,000 yuan for delaying his live broadcast.
Lin Dan did not accept the punishment and also shelled: "Delayed competition was fined 120,000 yuan, in order to protect the interests of Yu Chao, who will protect the personal rights and interests of athletes?" Guangzhou Yue Yu owes athletes a year of salary, who will maintain it? ”
To this end, Lin Dan's image was once again disillusioned in the hearts of fans.
In 2014, Lin Dan and Xie Xingfang were accused of false publicity fraud for endorsing the non-prominent genetically modified label of a certain edible oil. Lin Dan said that the brands are very cautious, and the products endorsed are well-known brands that the whole family uses.
The former badminton brother was not so strong at the beginning, and he was also expelled from the national youth team because of his poor ball skills.
In 1998, Lin Dan was selected by the national youth team to participate in the competition, and lost to the Indonesian players. Due to his poor performance, it is said that Lin Dan was scolded by the coach after the game, saying that he did not play the momentum and level of the game. What's worse is that due to poor performance in the game, he was removed from the national youth team after only one month.
This hit Lin Dan very hard, and later he worked hard to return to the national team and stand at the top.
However, as the strength became stronger and stronger, Lin Dan's temper also became very large, and he threw the racket in anger many times and clashed with people on the field.
In the final of the 2008 Korea Open Badminton Championships, Lin Dan played against the Korean team Lee Hyun, which was very intense.
At the critical moment of the 21 draw in the decider, Li Xuanyi had a return ball that was judged inside the boundary, but Lin Dan thought that the decision was outside the boundary and appealed.
Dissatisfied with the referee and his theory, he also clashed with the Chinese coach of the South Korean team, Li Mao, and the scene was chaotic. In a fit of rage, Lin Dan dropped the racket and was warned by a yellow card.
Afterwards, Lin Dan explained that because the South Korean team exerted pressure on the game as the host, his image was still damaged, and he suffered for excessive behavior.
In April 2008, Shenzhen media reported that during the training process, Lin Dan had a verbal altercation with his coach and Sydney Olympic champion Ji Xinpeng, and beat each other in public.
After the report was issued, public opinion was everywhere, and everyone accused Lin Dan of being disrespectful, and some people said bluntly: "No matter what the reason, how strong the sports performance is, the athletes who can't control their emotions to play the coach should be immediately cleared from the national team." ”
Lin Dan claimed not to have beaten the coach, but had differences. Ji Xinpeng accepted Lin Dan's apology and did not say whether Lin Dan beat him.
Lin Dan is in the golden period, the national team cherishes talents, and he is lightly sent down, and this matter cannot be solved.
In July 2017, in the men's team qualifiers of the National Games, Lin Dan lost to 17-year-old Shandong teenager Guo Xinwa, and after the game, he threw the racket, making people feel that they had lost and lost.
In 2018, in the quarterfinals of the New Zealand Open of the BWF Tour, Lin Dan expressed his dissatisfaction because the referee sentenced the serve violation and slammed the racket again.
Although he won the game in the end, he felt that he lacked demeanor.
Over the years, I don't know how many rackets Lin Dan has dropped, at its peak, he will feel personality, but when his strength is not there, he feels that he does not understand how to control emotions when he thinks about it.
As he grew older, Lin Dan's physical strength was not as good as before, and coupled with the accumulation of injuries, he could no longer return to his peak state.
On July 4, 2020, the 37-year-old Lin Dan announced his retirement, with 384 days left before the Tokyo Olympics.
On the day he retired, Zhao Yaqi, a young model who cheated on him in marriage, posted a post accusing him of "flies not stinging seamless eggs." ”
For the fans, Lin Dan may not be a good husband, but he is certainly a great player, and his retirement represents the end of an era.
After retiring, Lin Dan formed a team to conduct youth badminton training and led them to participate in folk competitions.
In his spare time, Lin Dan took the baby at home, picked up and dropped off the child to and from school, and said that if the child was willing, the couple also supported the child to become a professional sports athlete.
As for the storm caused by the scandal, Lin Dan felt that it did not have an impact on life, he said: "I think the past is over." ”
Nowadays, Lin Dan has unloaded his former aura and slowly stepped out of criticism, hoping that he can treat his wife well for the rest of his life, run the family with his heart, use his strength to cultivate the next generation, continue to contribute to our sports career, and be worthy of the people who have loved him.