# Malaysia beats China for men’s doubles world title 2026-08-23T15:55:39+00:00 | Sports | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Malaysia's Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik won the men's doubles final at the Badminton World Championships in New Delhi on Sunday, defeating China's Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang. The match took place at the KD Jadhav Indoor Stadium. The Malaysian pair won in straight games, 21-17, 21-18, to claim the world title. This is Chia and Soh's first world championship gold medal together. The victory ends China's dominance in the men's doubles event and marks Malaysia's first world title in the discipline since 2019. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Malaysia's win breaks a four-year Chinese stranglehold on the men's doubles world title. Chia and Soh, ranked world No. 4, had lost to Chinese pairs in three previous major finals, including the 2022 World Championships. Their win gives Malaysia its first gold in the event since 2019 and its second overall. The next major test for the pair will be the Asian Games later this year, where they will face a similar Chinese lineup. ## Coverage - springfieldnewssun.com Straight results-based report with no editorialising This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Aaron Chia, Badminton World Championships, New Delhi, Soh Wooi Yik Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/malaysia-beats-china-for-mens-doubles-world-title/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/malaysia-beats-china-for-mens-doubles-world-title/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/