The 36-year-old Lin Dan’s world ranking continues to decline, but why doesn’t he choose to retire?

The 36-year-old Lin Dan’s world ranking continues to decline, but he has not chosen to retire because Lin Dan hopes to participate in five Olympic Games and achieve this record, so he has continued to participate in Olympic points competitions before . But on March 32, 2020, the Badminton World Federation announced the cancellation of more than a dozen stops after the Olympic points competition. The Olympic points competition finally ended with the All-England Championship. Lin Dan finished 19th and missed the opportunity to participate in the Tokyo Olympics. Now Lin Dan is really going to retire.

General athletes will retire before the age of 35, but Lin Dan has always wanted to participate in this Olympics. In addition to achieving five Olympic Games, Lin Dan also wants to compete with Malaysian Olympian Lee Chong Wei. Next, however, in July 2019, the 35-year-old Lee Chong Wei announced that he had to retire because of cancer, and also said: Lin Dan especially hopes to participate in five Olympic Games. However, the new star in the badminton world has been rising, Lin Dan. Don’t you need to prove your strength anymore?

After Lee Chong Wei announced his retirement, Lin Dan did not change his decision to participate in the Olympic points competition. Even though his results were not very satisfactory, he still persisted. In the Tokyo Olympic Points Tournament, two Chinese fans entered the top ten, but Lin Dan was eliminated in the second round and stopped at 19th place. The Olympic Points Tournament requires players within 16th place. Lin Dan Lost the qualification to participate in the Tokyo Olympics.

For athletes, never giving up and working hard are their sportsmanship. Lin Dan once said: "Generally everyone will choose to retire at the age of 35, but my physical function is still very good, why should I give up if I don't have serious illness or pain?" ?Lin Dan wants to use his persistence in playing and participating in the competition to encourage young athletes in the new year and let them not give up easily. Lin Dan also said that during the Beijing Olympics, Guo Jingjing endured the pain and competed in the Olympics again and achieved very good results. This may be one of the reasons why Lin Dan does not retire.