2016 Rio Olympic Games : Day-9 (19th August) - WS & MD Gold Medal, WS Bronze Medal, MS Semifinals

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  1. ghooga

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    Could tell LD didn't really care for this match. Maybe because he could lose to CL. Behind close doors, he'd tell LCW that he let him win.
     
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    LOL, so it was LCW who was "faking it" in the 1st game? Was he the one who chose to play on the "bad" side of the court 1st???
     
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    I don't blame you
     
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    Woooooihhh so close.

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    no 3-peat...Yonex contract no need to renegotiate...
     
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    LCW just defeated the GOAT!!!!...... My heart was pounding hard just from reading the comments!!! Thanks guys for all the updates!!!
     
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    I know Lin Dan can afford to lose but not like that. I'm so disappointed.
     
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    last rally, LCW had a late forehand, LD was guessing straight, but LCW hit cross. LD was stunned and left it. he could well have dived. but he just stood there.

    wow.
     
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    Holy **** - that was the most intense badminton match ever. My heart is still racing!
     
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    Anti climactic finish with many great great saves of match points and shots by LD near the end, but then just as many errors on the net and out wide.
     
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    Hmmmmm... BS

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    Thanks LD AND LCW...
    I held my breathe for each point of this 3rd set...
    May be it's time for LCWs wait...
    Nerve wrecking game...
    No words to explain...
    This 3rd set is world apart...
     
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    haist... i am so fvckin relieved! he finally beat LD in an Olympic macth... @20 all I was taken back to London 2012...
    but thank goodness he is more headstrong this time.. :D
     
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    Very good deception, that ...... nice to see on slow mo.
     
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    Give me a break. Easy points were given both ways. Can't you have the dignity of crediting LCW for the win?
     
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    So tense. I was watching it on my phone using all my data lol. Just got to work in time to see LD save that match point at 20 somehow. I'm kind of glad LCW won, it was due. After all those epic battles between the two.
     
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    Hey Rajneesh, you said the mental block is against the stage, not the opponent.
    So you think LCW will have a mental block in the finals?
     
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    Hahaha seriously? Now you go ahead with 'sportsman' and 'champion', when heb celebrated the 2012 OG win so long LCW couldve showered and dressed in that time? :D
    Not that he was unsportsmanlike or anything, just that accepting the handshake or hug after a loss isnt exactly a shining example either. It's decent behaviour, that's all there is to it.
    Dont know where you got champion from a loss, either.

    Well played by both, though. Nerves of steel from LD to save 3 match points.
     
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    What a LEGENDARY match in the (possibly) end of both's careers!
     
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    Being a LD fan I wished LCW to win this match..
    Just for one reason...
    This guy deserves something...
     
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