Lin leads Chinese to title sweep

Lin Dan won his first All England title in 2004

Lin Dan led China's badminton players to a clean sweep of titles at the All England Championships in Birmingham.

World and Olympic champion Lin won his fourth All England title with a 21-19 21-12 victory over Lee Chong Wei.

The match was a re-run of the 2008 Olympic final in which China's Lin, 25, beat his Malaysian rival 21-12 21-8.

Wang Yihan beat Danish top seed Tine Rasmussen in the women's final, and Chinese pairings also won the mixed, men's and women's doubles crowns.

Lin was briefly up against it when Lee led 19-17 in game one, but he responded superbly to take the next four points.

In the second game, Lin reeled off seven points in a row from 14-12 to 21-12 to register his ninth victory over Lee in their last 10 meetings.

Defending champion Rasmussen did not surrender her title lightly, losing 21-19, 21-23 21-11 to Wang Yihan.

In the men's doubles, seventh seeds Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng of China beat South Korea's Han Sang-hoonHwang Ji-man 21-17 21-15.

An all-Chinese women's doubles final saw Zhang Yawen and Zhao Tingting beat Cheng Sui and Zhao Yunlei 21-13 21-15.

In the mixed doubles final, Chinese third seeds He Hanbin and Yu Yang fought back from a game down to beat South Korean duo Sung Hyun and Ha Jung Eun 13-21 21-15 21-9.

China are the first nation ever to win all five titles in the open era at the All England Championships.