Danish pair finally step out of shadows with silver- medal finish

Coming at you: Kim Astrup (right) and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen of Denmark in action against Kang Min-hyuk-Seo Seung Jae of South Korea in the final. — AFP

PETALING JAYA: It was not the fairytale ending that shuttlers Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen were looking for in the World Championships final but both were still left savouring their biggest career success to date.

The Danish men’s doubles pair came close to capturing the gold in front of 10,000 passionate fans at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen but fell just short against South Korea’s brilliant duo of Kang Min-hyuk-Seo Seung-jae, agonisingly losing 21-14, 15-21, 17-21 in 69 minutes.