Indonesia Badminton Association Suggests Lin Dan/China Up To No Good

The Indonesia Badminton Association has alleged that Lin Dan’s absence from the recent Indonesia Open was not due to injury and that there was some premeditated reason for him not playing. China’s head coach Li Yongbo has insisted that this was not the case and that the decision not to play was a strategic adjustment to the whole year plan for Lin Dan.

There are rumours that Lin Dan might be trying to play mind games with Taufik leading up to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing next summer, but I would think it is a little bit early for any of that. I think the organizers are just sour that Lin Dan didn’t show up and they lost spectator interest as a result.