The first one is, of course, the world No.1 Lin Dan. People called him Super Dan. Is he a superman? Ha-ha. Just imagine. Maybe the best way to know Lin Dan is to surf the site http://www.superlindan.com/. But all the words on the website are written in Chinese. Don’t worry. I will give more interesting things about Lin Dan than it.
Is Super Dan a tall man? 1.78 meters. That is 5 feet 10 inches, almost the same as Taufik. But he is much shorter than Bao Chunlai. But as a wise man said, badminton is nothing to do with being tall or short.
Weight: 72kg. Not strong enough? Remember, it’s all muscle, no fat!
How old is he? His birthday is on Oct 14, 1983. Oh, the day after tomorrow will be. I am 4 years old than him, but I have not got a single champion. What a big difference between Super and me! I am going to cry…
Do you know who Super’s girlfriend is? Just imagine.
Xie Xingfang is.
Continue imagining. If Super Dan and Xie’s child were to be trained to play badminton, could anyone else in the world have the power to stop him or her? Ha-ha.
How did Super Dan fall in love with Xie? It is a natural thing. You know, national players are trained in the same place. When Lin Dan first met Xie, he had chemistry on her at the first sight for Xie was something like an actress in a movie in Super Dan’s eyes. At that time Lin Dan was just 15 years old doing some assistant work to train women players whom Xie was among. But Xie was 17 and had her boyfriend already.
Is Super Dan a tall man? 1.78 meters. That is 5 feet 10 inches, almost the same as Taufik. But he is much shorter than Bao Chunlai. But as a wise man said, badminton is nothing to do with being tall or short.
Weight: 72kg. Not strong enough? Remember, it’s all muscle, no fat!
How old is he? His birthday is on Oct 14, 1983. Oh, the day after tomorrow will be. I am 4 years old than him, but I have not got a single champion. What a big difference between Super and me! I am going to cry…
Do you know who Super’s girlfriend is? Just imagine.
Xie Xingfang is.
Continue imagining. If Super Dan and Xie’s child were to be trained to play badminton, could anyone else in the world have the power to stop him or her? Ha-ha.
How did Super Dan fall in love with Xie? It is a natural thing. You know, national players are trained in the same place. When Lin Dan first met Xie, he had chemistry on her at the first sight for Xie was something like an actress in a movie in Super Dan’s eyes. At that time Lin Dan was just 15 years old doing some assistant work to train women players whom Xie was among. But Xie was 17 and had her boyfriend already.
Finally, Lin Dan expressed her love directly through a cell phone message. “I love you very much. If you are not busying training, please go out with me to have a walk.” What a date request! Just like Dan’s character. He is aggressive both on the court and in private life.
Soon Xie became Dan’s girlfriend. Lin Dan promised to do an outstanding performance and scores to protect her when he pulled Xie’s hands. You know why? There is a unwritten rule in the national badminton team that ordinary people can’t understand: Player is not allowed to make girlfriend or boyfriend without excellent score. So Dan’s achievements are partly from this.
When did he start playing badminton? 5 years old. What did you do when you were 5 years old? Most of us were playing for fun, doing nothing. But little Dan entered the Sports School. How boring and tiring for a 5-year-old boy to train day by day! His coach told that he always cried in the quilts at night.
But the hardest training laid a solid foundation for Lin Dan to develop his badminton career.
The left-hander was enlisted by the Army Club (called 8.1) at 12, and then picked as a member of the national team at 18. Relying on his extraordinary footwork and quick mind, he mainly plays defense on the court, punctuated with sharp sudden strikes. His crush was deadly to his competitors.
Soon Xie became Dan’s girlfriend. Lin Dan promised to do an outstanding performance and scores to protect her when he pulled Xie’s hands. You know why? There is a unwritten rule in the national badminton team that ordinary people can’t understand: Player is not allowed to make girlfriend or boyfriend without excellent score. So Dan’s achievements are partly from this.
When did he start playing badminton? 5 years old. What did you do when you were 5 years old? Most of us were playing for fun, doing nothing. But little Dan entered the Sports School. How boring and tiring for a 5-year-old boy to train day by day! His coach told that he always cried in the quilts at night.
But the hardest training laid a solid foundation for Lin Dan to develop his badminton career.
The left-hander was enlisted by the Army Club (called 8.1) at 12, and then picked as a member of the national team at 18. Relying on his extraordinary footwork and quick mind, he mainly plays defense on the court, punctuated with sharp sudden strikes. His crush was deadly to his competitors.
Li Yongbo, head coach of the Chinese national team, praised the two unique abilities Lin Dan boasts, one is his extraordinary understanding and use of tactics on the court, the other is his quick-start ability, which could find no match in his contemporaries.
In contrast to his predecessors, Lin Dan likes to show off on the court. He is regarded as a cool person with his standing hair and rectangled collar.
When victory is imminent, he will clap his racket, asking for the applause from the spectators, while stripping off his T-shirt after victory is his reserved performance. This is Lin Dan!
You could see Lin Dan’s standard salutation after his victory (see photo)
As we all knew, Lin Dan won a lot of badminton tournaments titles including 2006 and 2007 world badminton championship, only lack of an Olympic Gold.
God bless him!
