Lin Dan Vs Lee Chong Wei Olympic 2016

Malaysia s lee chong wei beat great rival lin dan of china in their much anticipated semi final to reach the olympic badminton.

Lin dan vs lee chong wei olympic 2016. In the semi finals of the 2016 rio olympics most possibly the last olympic games of both athletes careers lee chong wei won against lin dan in his third attempt on the olympic stage making lee the second shuttler in any discipline of the sport in history to reach 3 consecutive finals after fu haifeng who had achieved the feat a day earlier in men doubles. Lee chong wei vs lin dan rio 2016 olympics. Lee is also a triple silver medalist in men s. Team gb will send 366 athletes to rio for the 2016 olympic games.

At the badminton men s singles semi finals at rio 2016 malaysian player lee chong wei faced lin dan from china. A two time olympic champion lin s bid to win a third gold at rio 2016 was ended in the semi finals by his old adversary lee chong wei of malaysia the latest instalment in a long running rivalry that has lit up the sport for a decade. Known as super dan china s lin dan has won every title badminton has to offer. The sport debuted at the olympics in 1972 with thi.

Lee chong wei s 12 lee ended his olympic hoodoo against lin dan at the rio 2016 olympic games. With a head to head record between the pair of 28 wins to lin dan vs. Malaysia s lee chong wei shrugged off eight years of olympic heartbreak on friday to defeat his nemesis lin dan 15 21 21 11 22 20 and reach the final of the men s badminton after another classic. This is a list of the main career statistics of malaysian professional badminton player lee chong wei to date lee has won a total of sixty nine bwf singles titles including a record 42 bwf super series singles titles and a record 4 bwf super series finals he is the first men s singles player to have won every bwf super series premier title.