One of the biggest puzzles in the history of badminton is why Lin Dan must insist on participating in the Tokyo Olympics, you must know that Lin Dan lost 2 times in a competition for the first time in the 2016 Olympic Games, it stands to reason that Lin Dan is 33 years old at this time, and his teammate Chen Long also helped the Chinese badminton team win the Olympic championship.
Lin Dan fans set a standard after Lin Dan won the 2012 Olympic Games, that is, whoever has the best Olympic results is the first in history, which is why although Tawfik has the least number of open championships, the fewest weeks of world No. 1 rankings, and no All England Open and Finals champions, Lin Dan fans have a very high historical status in the hearts of Lin Dan fans. Lin Dan fans set this standard when no one else was an Olympic champion in the current team except him, and at that time, Tawfik had an Olympic champion but was about to retire. It is clear that Lin Dan fans are well aware that this standard is simply not broken by others.
After Chen Long won the 2016 Olympic championship, Lin Dan fans were indeed a little worried that Chen Long would not break Lin Dan's record, after all, Chen Long would surpass Lin Dan as long as he won a championship Olympic Games, at this time Lin Dan was still very worried about Chen Long, but he also knew very well that as long as he could participate in the Olympic Games, it would be difficult for Chen Long to have a chance to win the championship. After all, although Lin Dan was old at that time, he still won the runner-up in the 2017 World Championships and reached the final of the All England Open in 2018.
In order to prevent Chen Long from having a chance to surpass him in the Olympic Games, Lin Dan still wants to continue to participate in the Olympics even if his strength declines, after all, he knows very well that Shi Yuqi is definitely going to the Olympics, as long as he is eligible to participate in the Olympics, the coaching staff will definitely choose him instead of Chen Long, which is also the champion of Lin Dan who did not give up going to the Olympics until he lost in 2019.
Lin Dan really gave up on going to the Olympics when he lost 0-2 to Loh Kean Yew in the final of the 2019 Thailand Masters, which was a very big blow to Lin Dan, and he himself did not expect to lose to an unknown Singaporean athlete, which was also Loh Kean Yew's first Open title. After that, Lin Dan basically gave up going to the Olympics, after all, he knew very well that his current strength no longer had the opportunity to go to the Olympics. Although Lin Dan had a lot of ideas, Chen Long was still an honest man, and suddenly behaved abnormally after leading 1-0 in the final of the 2019 Malaysia Open, giving Lin Dan his last title.
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Although Lin Dan's strength has declined greatly, he also knows very well that even if he goes to the Olympics, he can't win the championship, he doesn't give up mainly because he doesn't want Chen Long to go to the Olympics, but he didn't expect his strength to decline too much, and he doesn't have the ability to get a ticket to the Olympic Games. It's just that people are not as good as heaven, Momota Kento suddenly had an accident, coupled with the postponement of the Olympics, which gave Chen Long another chance. Under normal circumstances, Chen Long's strength at that time was about the same as Shi Yuqi, and he couldn't win against Anceron and Momota Kento, after Momota Kento had an accident, Chen Long seized the opportunity to win the runner-up, and finally Chen Long won the runner-up and played at a super level, after all, he couldn't win Axelsen at that time.
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