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Sporting Witness: Lin Dan: Badminton's all time superstar

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Lin Dan: Badminton's all time superstar

27/01/2024 GMT

BBC World Service - Sporting Witness, Lin Dan: Badminton's all time superstar

How badminton player Lin Dan won the Super Grand Slam - all 9 major titles in the sport

Lin Dan from China has dominated badminton for several decades, winning the sport's Super Grand Slam - winning all 9 major titles.

Lin Dan has dominated badminton for several decades. The Chinese star nicknamed 'Super Dan' clinched the sport's Super Grand Slam - winning 9 major titles by the age of 28 and the first player to achieve the feat. 

But it was his Olympic Games Gold medals which are particularly special to him. He speaks to Wendy Tang about how he got to be a world great. This is a Made Manchester Production for the BBC World Service.

(Photo: Lin Dan competing in the Australian Badminton Open in 2017. Credit: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

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