Flashback: What happened when India last hosted BWF World Championships
New Delhi is set to welcome the prestigious 2026 Badminton World Championships after a long hiatus of seventeen years. The last event in 2009 in Hyderabad witnessed China's commanding presence, highlighted by Lin Dan's monumental victory. With the stakes higher than ever, India prepares to write a new chapter in this thrilling sport, reflecting the dramatic shifts in international badminton.
Seventeen years ago, India once again hosted the prestigious BWF World Championships at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi. This edition is remembered for China's overwhelming dominance, Lin Dan's historic triple triumph, and a thrilling men's doubles final that has since been hailed as one of the best matches at the World Championships.
China triumphed in four out of the five gold medals, with Denmark's Thomas Laybourn and Kamilla Rytter Juhl being the only ones to stand in their way by winning the mixed doubles title. In contrast to the closely-contested finals of recent years, 2009 saw three of the five finals featuring players or pairs from the same country, whereas only one out of the 25 finals across the last five editions was an all-same-country affair.
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