well 2 time olympic badminton champion elin dan has announced his retirement from the sport at the age of 36 it means the chinese world champion it will not compete in the postponed tokyo olympics he says his physical fitness and no longer allows him to play at his best after slipping to 19 in the world rankings apart from winning 2 gold medals lin is also a 5 time world champion and seen as one of the greatest badminton players of all time. so forgot you can always get d.w. news on the go just download our app from google play or from the out star that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for the breaking news and if you're part of a news story you can use the d.w. app to send us photos and videos of fights happening. you're watching d.w. nair's i'm claire richardson thanks so much for joining us. are they friends she wanted to be with you and she was here who would you wish it was the your belief system of the free news you. are the economy going to the finish of the feasts you will go to shoot 1st you go with the news you sh