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‘Drained’ Lin Dan bats off retirement talk
Published on: Aug 21, 2016 07:56 am IST
RIO DE JANEIRO: Lin Dan batted off retirement talk after leaving the Rio Games empty-handed Saturday with a bronze-medal match defeat to Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen.
RIO DE JANEIRO: Lin Dan batted off retirement talk after leaving the Rio Games empty-handed Saturday with a bronze-medal match defeat to Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen. The Chinese lost 21-15 10-21 17-21. “I was pretty drained from yesterday’s match,” Lin said, referring to his semifinal defeat to Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia on Friday. “I haven’t thought about it that much,” the twice gold medallist added when prodded if Rio would be his last Games.
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