Lin Dan Lee Chong Wei Friendship
Fierce rivalry friendship and a compelling olympic story malaysia s lee chong wei celebrates with fans after defeating his great rival in the men s singles semi final.
Lin dan lee chong wei friendship. China s badminton superstar lin dan is known to share a long standing friendship with lee. The lee lin rivalry was a rivalry between two professional badminton players lee chong wei and lin dan the rivalry is widely considered the greatest rivalry the world has ever witnessed in the history of badminton. The rivalry is often considered the greatest in the history of badminton even though lin had the decided edge.
Of their 40 meetings lin won the head to head battle by 28 12. The lee lin rivalry was a rivalry between two professional badminton players lee chong wei and lin dan whose careers were almost exactly contemporaneous. Despite being aggressive and competitive on the court lee and lin shared a decent friendship off the court.
However based on this photo uploaded by bao chun lai another chinese badminton player the badminton greats met in 2000. The following year chong wei gained sweet revenge by beating lin dan in the malaysia open final. During the 2013 world championships final match interview lin called lee chong wei his best friend in the world of badminton.
Chong wei and lin dan played each other 40 times in their careers with the record at 28 12 in favour of the china great. Lee lin also paired up for exhibition matches. The beijing 2008 and london 2012 olympics men s singles finals were among the most pulsating matches between the two.
In 2012 lee also made an appearance at dan s wedding ceremony. Badminton legend and three time olympic silver medallist lee chong wei announces. According to the badminton world federation lee chong wei and lin dan first clashed in the tuc asia preliminaries 2004 where lin dan set the tone for the future besting chong wei 15 3 13 15 6 15.
The sport debuted at the olympics in 1972 with thi. China s lin dan wins the gold medal in the men s badminton singles final against malaysia s lee chong wei. Meanwhile on the malaysia front the country s number one badminton player datuk lee chong wei wished lin dan well on his decision to retire.
