Chinese Yu Yang/Du Jing beat South Korea's Lee Kyung-won/Lee Hyon-jung 21-15, 21-13 to win the women's doubles gold medal at the Olympic badminton tournament in Beijing on Friday.

The bronze medal went to Chinese Wei Yili/Zhang Yawen.

Yu Yang/Du Jing of China celebrate the victory over Lee Kyungwon/Lee Hyojung of South Korea during women's doubles gold medal match of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games badminton event in Beijing, China, Aug. 15, 2008. Yu Yang/Du Jing beat Lee Kyungwon/Lee Hyojung 2-0 and claimed the gold. [Luo Xiaoguang/Xinhua]

The up-and-coming pair of China, who beat their compatriots Wei Yili and Zhang Jiewen in the semi-final, shouldered the huge responsibility after defending champions Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen lost to a Japanese pair in a quarter-final.

Du and Yu didn't let down the enthusiastic spectators in the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium, and consistently exhibited their powerful attacks in the first game, which was interrupted by a requirement of emergent medical care from Lee Kyung-won, apparently injured in her left ankle.

In the second game, the Koreans led the score till 11-11, after which the Chinese pair staged a 10-2 run and sealed the game at 21-13.

(Xinhua News Agency August 15, 2008)