Shuttler Jin Wei closes junior career with world crown


PETALING JAYA: Goh Jin Wei, 18, has done it again, bidding  farewell to her illustrious junior badminton career in grand fashion by beating Denmark's Line Christophersen 21-13, 21-11 to reclaim the girls' singles crown at the World Junior Championships in Markham, Canada on Sunday.

Jin Wei, the third seed, was in a class of her own.

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