Great Dane puts the golden bite on Super Dan

Axelsen realizes childhood dream by vanquishing legendary Lin

GLASGOW - Denmark's Viktor Axelsen realized his childhood dream by beating the legendary Lin Dan in straight games to claim the men's singles gold at the Badminton World Championships on Sunday.

At 33, Lin was going for a record sixth title, but he had to settle for silver after a 20-22, 16-21 defeat. He had a game point at 20-19 up in the first game, but always trailed in the second.