China's Zhang and Yang win women's doubles gold

Chinese top seeds Zhang Jiewen and Yang Wei defeated compatriots Huang Sui and Gao Ling to win the gold medal at Athens.

Chinese top seeds Zhang Jiewen and Yang Wei defeated compatriots Huang Sui and Gao Ling 7-15, 15-4, 15-8 in the final of the Olympic women's doubles badminton here Saturday to win the gold medal.

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China were denied a clean sweep of medals in the women's doubles when South Korean pair Ra Kyung-Min and Lee Kyung-Won beat Zhao Tingting and Wei Yili to claim the bronze.