China sweep Asian titles, eye London

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BEIJING, Apr 25: Fresh from sweeping all five gold medals on offer at the Asian Badminton Championships, China's powerful team of shuttlers led by Lin Dan is now focusing on qualification for the 2012 London Olympics. Known as "Super Dan" for his string of major badminton crowns, Lin dispatched teammate Bao Chunlai in straight sets in Sunday's final in the Chinese city of Chengdu, 21-19, 21-13. The victory gave him his second straight men's singles Asian title. Meanwhile, second-seeded Wang Yihan beat teammate Lu Lan 21-15, 23- 21 to take the women's singles, as Chinese shuttlers faced teammates in all of the gold medal matches except the men's doubles. In that match-up, the Chinese duo of Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng beat the Japanese pairing of Hirokatsu Hashimoto and Noriyasu Hirata 21-12, 21-15. - AFP