JAKARTA: Top seed Chen Long proved unstoppable as he retained the singles crown at the badminton world championships, with Lee Chong Wei suffering an agonizing fourth straight defeat.

There were also back-to-back championship victories in the women’s singles as world number one Carolina Marin of Spain beat India’s Saina Nehwal to defend her title.

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