Mixed Doubles
Thomas Laybourn and Kamilla Rytter Juhl of Denmark won the World Championship title in the mixed doubles event, beating Lilyana Natsir and Nova Widianto of Indonesia (the defending champions) in the final. It was their first ever world title. The duo beat Zheng Bo and Ma Jin of China and Korea's Olympic champions on the way to the final. In the final, the Danish doubles pair won the first game by a score of 21–13 and also eased through the second game at a score of 21–17.
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