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Lee–Lin Rivalry
The Lee–Lin rivalry was a rivalry between two professional badminton players, Lee Chong Wei and Lin Dan. It is considered among the greatest rivalries in badminton history. Of their 40 meetings, Lin won the head to head battle by 28–12. They met in the final 22 times, semi-finals 15 times, including twice in the final of the Olympic Games and World Championships, which Lin took all the victories. Lin was also better in their 11 meetings in Super Series finals (including Super Series Premier) tournaments, which Lin took 9 of them. Each athlete has their own successes. Lee won 47 Super Series titles between 2007–2017 and ranked first worldwide for 349 weeks, which included a 199-week streak from 21 August 2008 to 14 June 2012. Lin achieved a "Super Grand Slam" at the age of 28 by winning all 9 premier titles. Their last meeting was 2018 All England Open, which Lin won, before Lee announced retirement due to nose cancer. Background Lee and Lin have played a total of 40 ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mens Singles Badminton Final, London 2012 (7758890090)
In Roman mythology, Mens, also known as Mens Bona (Latin for "Good Mind"), was the personification of thought, consciousness and the mind, and also of "right-thinking". Her festival was celebrated on June 8. A temple on the Capitoline Hill in Rome was vowed to Mens in 217 BC on advice from the Sibylline Books, after the defeat of The Battle of Lake Trasimene, Lake Trasimene, and was dedicated in 215 BC. In Latin poetry *Propertius celebrated his escape from erotic bondage to his Cynthia by dedicating himself to the shrine of Mens Bona. *Ovid depicted Cupid as leading Good Sense (Mens Bona) as a captive in his triumphal parade.A D Melville trans., ''Ovid: The Love Poems'' (OUP 2008) p. 5 and p. 176 (Amores I.2.32-3) Later developments The Latin word ''mens'' expresses the idea of "mind" and is the origin of English words like ''mental'' and ''dementia''. The gifted-only organization Mensa International was originally to be named ''mens'' in the sense of "mind", but took instead th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |