Singapore: China's Olympic badminton champion Lin Dan insists he has no plans to follow rival Lee Chong Wei into retirement after next year's London Olympics.
"So long as the national team does not kick me out, I will play on," Lin was quoted as saying in Thursday's China Daily.
Malaysia's world number one Lee, who has failed to win an Olympic or world singles title, plans to walk away after the 2012 London Games.
Lin, dubbed "Super Dan" by his fans and local media, has won everything there is to win and made his pledge to carry on at the Singapore Open on Wednesday.
The tournament is the first "super series" in qualifying for the London Olympics and has attracted nine of the world's top ten players in men's singles.
Lin's notoriously short fuse has triggered run-ins with badminton officials, last-minute tournament pullouts and bust-ups with rivals and coaches.
He is the only player to complete the so-called "super grand slam of Olympic, world championship, World Cup, Thomas Cup, Sudirman Cup, All England Open, Asian Games, and Asia championship gold medals.
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