Badminton - Badminton World Championships - Glasgow, Britain - August 27, 2017 Denmark's Viktor Axelsen celebrates his win against China's Lin Dan REUTERS/Russell Cheyne
(Reuters) - Viktor Axelsen blanked China's five-times winner Lin Dan 22-20 21-16 to become the third Danish man to win the world championship title and Japan's Nozomi Okuhara beat India's Pusarla Sindhu 21-19 20-22 22-20 in an epic women's final on Sunday.
Axelsen, who emulated compatriots Peter Rasmussen and Flemming Delfs, was in disbelief after his power-packed show floored the 33-year-old great in Glasgow, Scotland.
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