Tennis: Lin Dan retirement ends era of 'Chinese sports superstar'

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The retirement of two-time Olympic champion Lin Dan signals the end of a golden era of Chinese sporting superstars, state media said on Tuesday.

Lin Dan said on Saturday that he was bringing the curtain down on a career that brought double Games gold and five world titles. SHANGHAI: The retirement of two-time Olympic champion Lin Dan signals the end of a golden era of Chinese sporting superstars, state media said on Tuesday .

The quartet were not just world leaders in their sport and popular in China, but also had"considerable influence in the international arena and became a window for the world to understand China," Xinhua said. The 28-year-old is appealing against an eight-year ban for refusing to give a doping sample. The three-time Olympic freestyle champion's career will effectively be over if he loses his appeal at the Swiss Federal Tribunal.

 

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