Lin Dan apologises as pictures of badminton star having affair while wife was pregnant blow up Chinese internet
Weibo user posts pics apparently showing two-time Olympic champion with model
The Chinese internet was abuzz on Thursday after a Weibo user posted photos of Lin Dan with a ‘mystery woman’ just days after the badminton star’s wife gave birth to their first child.
Lin later apologised on Weibo after a day when the story dominated the Chinese social media site.
A user calling himself ‘Detective Zhao’ posted pictures and gifs he claimed showed the two-time Olympic champion with a woman in October.
Other internet users quickly identified her as Zhao Yaqi, a model and actress.
The post was the top trending topic and had more than 200,000 reposts and 40,000 comments on Weibo.
Lin’s wife Xie Xingfang, a former badminton star herself, gave birth to their first child on November 5.