LONDON (AP) -- Badminton has the Olympic final it wanted in a scandal-marred week, with Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei powering through their semifinals on Friday to meet for the gold medal again.
Lin Dan ran over Lee Hyun-il of South Korea 21-12, 21-10, and No. 2-ranked Chong Wei beat No. 3 Chen Long of China 21-13, 21-14, securing for Malaysia a fifth ever Olympic medal, all of them in badminton.
Chong Wei won the fourth medal, a silver, in Beijing, where he was routed in the final by Lin.
But Lin and Chong Wei have remained the two biggest stars in the game, and their world championships final in the same Wembley Arena nearly a year ago was an instant epic that fans hope will be repeated on Sunday.
"I'm really happy that I get to meet my old opponent as we are the same age and we get to play at the final of the Olympics," Lin said.
"It's really good as it shows that we have not been knocked out by time.
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