Beijing Olympics and three-time world champion Lin Dan has already set his eyes on the London 2012 Olympic Games after his long-anticipated victory at the Asian Games here on Sunday.

The Asian Games added more colors to a flawless career of the armyman who is already the most crowned Chinese singles player, with glories from all the top world competitions including the Beijing Olympic Games, three world championships, two World Cups, three Surdiman Cups and four Thomas Cup.

But Lin's pursuit for splendour will never end as long as he holds a racket in his hand.

"There are only two years left. I will cherish the time left and work harder and do better," said Lin, implying his goal in London.

With the London Olympics in his sight, Lin once again evaded the question on when he will put some attention on his personal life, or to get married.

"I just got off the nerve-racking final and now I am nervous again," said a half-joking Lin. "I will tell everyone the good news as soon as I make my decision because this is such an important issue, I need to think it over."

Lin and world number one Lee Chong Wei presented to the over-packed Tianhe stadium their excellence as the top players in the world.

Lin roared with both fists high in the air and in tears after he fought to the 21-13, 15-21, 21-10 victory while his girlfriend and former teammate Xie Xingfang cheered for him in the stands.

The win made up what Lin lost in Doha Games four years ago when he fell to Indonesian Olympic and world champion Taufik Hidayat in the men's final.

"Lee is such a great player and I respect him a lot. I think both of us played the most brilliant match by far at these Asian Games. It was lucky for me to win," said Lin.

The first set embarked an extremely tense final where both players pushed their pace, strength and technique to the limits.

Lin was off to a 4-1 lead and carefully kept his advantage over Lee until an accurate smash hit the corner gave Lin a 14-9 lead and he start to pull away from there.

But Lin knew that his rival would not give him an easy night as he was forced to make more mistakes in the second set. He smashed into the net and then hit too long to fall behind 4-6 where Lee held the lead through.

A determined Lin refused to let his chance to slip away as he jumped to a 11-1 lead in the decisive set and never looked back.

Lin said he will try to keep a good shape, hopefully for the next Games but a new generation is what the Chinese team need the most.

"This is probably my last Asian Games although I hope I can maintain a good form to play the next one," he said. "But what more important is that China has younger players to achieve good results in international events," he said.

Chen Jin, 24, took the bronze medal here after he won at the 2010 world championships. Chen Long, 21, made his first and only Asian Games appearance in the team tie against Hong Kong before China went on to win the title. He is already a member in the winning team for the 2009 Surdiman Cup and 2010 Thomas Cup.

(Xinhua News Agency November 22, 2010)