Coach thrilled at exuberant high five

BIRMINGHAM, England: China's head coach Li Yongbo said their All England badminton championship clean sweep of all five titles had not been uppermost in their minds here.

China had won all five at a World Championships before, but that was in Beijing back in 1987, and this, in European conditions, was a far tougher task. It was also the first clean sweep at the All England event since 1948.

Li said: "We didn't think about winning all five titles. We mustn't think about outside factors, or we can't play the way we have."