Anecdote: 100+ people claim they get LD's shoe

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  1. ZhangXi

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    http://news.sohu.com/20080819/n258996476.shtml

    This piece of news says:

    1. Over 100 people claim now they have the shoe LD threw away after OG final.

    2. You can get 440,000 result when you search LD's shoe in the internet.

    3. Some people bid a prize as high as 500,000 RMB (~80,000 USD) to pursue LD's champion shoes .


    I wish I were there ...
     
  2. bad_fanatic

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    $80,000 for one of his shoes? I don't think there's any badminton fan out there crazy enough for that. I wonder who much is his racket going for if one of his shoes is going for $80,000?
     
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    I wouldn't want Lin Dan's shoe... So smelly :D
     
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    LD can have earn more by selling his shoes than winning a SS.
     
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    Maybe he should've signed them or made them unique somehow, before he threw them. xD
     
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    At least the guy who caught the racket was caught on camera. So he has proof.

    As the guys who got the shoes, they probably smell. That is why they want to sell it :D Plus, what is the point of wearing one shoe. I know, I know. But this is a good one.
     
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    If the person bought the same model, and wore the missing shoe, that would work, except they'd need to consider making sure they knew which one was the one from Lin Dan.
     
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    or perform DNA test on the shoes to confirm it Lin Dan's... :D:D:D

     
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    That'd be overdoing it a bit and would be expensive. We don't even know if the person who received it is really selling it.
     
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    Who has LD racket?
    Coz I wonder people say LD use a white tape, some say for looks and some say for head hevier.

    Thanks
     
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    Lindan does uses a white tape over his racket. It does make the racket heavier and not for the looks purposes.
     
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    :D The shoe which thrown away by LD must be smelling good for those guys.
     
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    who knows. Good ol' Billy Gates has apparently become a badminton fan. even after his retirement, $80000 is still not life-changing.
     

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