LATEST MEDAL TALLY AS AT 10.10PM: Malaysia position: 53 after the badminton event.
Men's Singles Gold-Medal Match Results:
1. China Lin Dan from China: 21 21
2. Lee Chong Wei from Malaysia: 12 8
1. Gold - Lin Dan from China - (Thank you and credits to Getty Images)
2. Silver - Lee Chong Wei from Malaysia
3. Bronze - Chen Jin from China
Congratulations to all the winners.
August 17, 2008: Gold Medalist Lin Dan - Beijing 29th Olympic 2008
CHINA - LIN DAN AGAINST MALAYSIA - LEE CHONG WEI
LIN DAN WON - GOLD AND LEE CHONG WEI - SILVER
Indonesia's Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan (Thank you and credits to Getty Images)
Hendra Setiawan and Markis Kido with the gold medals (Thank you and credits to Getty Images)
On the men's side, Men's Doubles World No. 1 Hendra Setiawan and Markis Kido of Indonesia defeated Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng of China 12-21, 21-11, 21-16 en route to the top of the podium.
MEN'S DOUBLE GOLD AND SILVER MEDALISTS:
Markis KIDO and Hendra SETIAWAN of Indonesia have won the gold medal in men's doubles at the Olympic badminton tournament, defeating China's Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng in three sets.
Top-seeded Kido and Setiawan recovered from a shaky start on their way to a 12-21, 21-11, 21-16 win Saturday over the second-seeded Chinese pair at Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium.
It was Indonesia's first gold medal of the games and second medal on Saturday at the badminton tournament. Maria Kristin Yulianti won the bronze medal in women's singles.
After Setiawan made a cross-court backhand just out of the reach of Cai to win the match, the Indonesians embraced before being tackled by their coach.
CHINA SINGLES BRONZE MEDAL: (Thank you and credits to: Jewel Samad/Getty Images)
Chen Jin of China China's CHEN Jin has won the bronze medal in men's singles at the Olympic badminton tournament.
Chen defeated South Korea's Lee Hyun-il in three sets on Saturday.
The fourth-seeded Chen took advantage of a series of unforced errors by Lee on his way to a 21-16, 12-21, 21-14 win at Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium.
Leading 20-14 in the third game, Chen won with a powerful smash that caught Lee out of position.
Top-seeded Lin Dan of China will meet No. 2 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia in Sunday's final of men's singles.
It was China's seventh medal of the Olympic badminton tournament.
Badminton mixed doubles finals -
Mixed doubles teams battle for all three medals:
China won Bronze Medal (Thank you and credits to Getty Images)
Bronze Medal: China won (Indonesia vs China)
Lee Hyo-jung and Lee Yong-dae of ROK defeated Liliyana Natsir and Nova Widianto of Indonesia to capture Badminton Mixed Doubles gold at the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium on August 17.(Thank you and credits to Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
Gold Match: South Korea vs Indonesia.
Women's Singles Gold-Medal Match - Saturday, August 16, 2008 - China Won
China - Xie Xing Fang: 12 21 18
China - Zhang Ning: 21 10 21
LADIES SINGLES - Women's Singles Bronze-Medal Match:
China - Lu Lan 21 13 15 and Indonesia - Yulianti Maria Kristin 11 21 21 - Indonesia won
(Thank you and credits to http://www.nbcolympics.com, http://en.beijing2008.cn and all sources for the information and pictures)
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