Lin Dan, the popular Chinese badminton player, has reportedly admitted to cheating on his pregnant wife after pictures of him with a supermodel went viral on Weibo. The Olympic champion who is married to Xie Xingfang confirmed the rumors floating on web and issued a statement regarding the same.

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“As a man, I won’t make any more excuse for what I have done. But my behaviour has already hurt my family and I would like to apologise to them. Sorry,” said Lin.

This is the video of him that went viral later on.

The girl in the video was identified by various users on Weibo as Zhao Yaq who is a model and an actress.

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Super Dan, as he is referred in the badminton circles, has won the Badminton World Championships five times. He is currently number 3 in the world and has won all nine major titles in the sport.