Lin Dan of China competes during the men's s singles gold medal match of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games badminton event in Beijing, China, Aug. 17, 2008. Lin Dan won the match over Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia and got the gold medal.

BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- 21-12, 21-8, the crushing victory over world No.2 Lee Chong Wei finally crowned Lin Dan, the top seed in men's singles at Beijing Olympic badminton tournament here on Sunday.

The match which was anticipated to be the highest-level encounter between the world top two shuttlers has been totally unbalanced in favor of Lin Dan, nicknamed Super Dan for his great achievements in badminton history, after the score was tied 1-1 in the first game.

Lee Chong Wei apparently crushed by the enormous pressure on him from the whole Malaysia nation, made lots of easy mistakes one after another, and finally yielded the victory to Lin Dan at an awkward score.

After the victory, Super Dan threw his racket and shoes in ecstasy to the enthusiastic crowd, gestured a military salute to the four corners of the whole stadium, and flied a kiss to Xie Xingfang, his girlfriend cheering for him on the stand.