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Mon, 08/17/2009 - 09:21
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Lin Dan clinches third straight world title
Hyderabad, Aug 16 (PTI) Olympic champion Lin Dan Sunday
became the first shuttler to clinch three successive World
Championship titles, beating second seed compatriot Jin Chen
in the summit clash here Sunday.
Dan, seeded fifth in the event, defeated his
higher-ranked countryman 21-18 21-16 a 46-minute contest.
The 26-year-old Dan had won the Olympic gold in Beijing
last year and his previous two world titles had come in 2006
and 2007 in Madrid and Kuala Lumpur respectively. PTI
became the first shuttler to clinch three successive World
Championship titles, beating second seed compatriot Jin Chen
in the summit clash here Sunday.
Dan, seeded fifth in the event, defeated his
higher-ranked countryman 21-18 21-16 a 46-minute contest.
The 26-year-old Dan had won the Olympic gold in Beijing
last year and his previous two world titles had come in 2006
and 2007 in Madrid and Kuala Lumpur respectively. PTI
