Michelle Li wins Pan Am gold as Canada wins four badminton medals on day

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Canada\'s Rachel Honderich, left, and Michelle Li pose with the silver and gold medals respectively following an all-Canadian final in women\'s singles badminton at the 2015 Pan Am Games in Markham, Ont., on Thursday, July 16, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

MARKHAM, Ont. – A successful Pan Am title defence for Canada’s Michelle Li.

She thrilled her hometown crowd at the Atos Markham Pan Am/Parapan Am Centre with a 2-0 victory over fellow Canadian Rachel Honderich in today’s women’s badminton final.

Li, who won gold four years ago at the 2011 Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, defeated Honderich 21-15, 21-9.

Li and Honderich teamed up together to win doubles bronze earlier in the week.

Canada’s Toby Ng and Alex Bruce settled for silver in the mixed doubles final. They dropped a 21-9, 21-23, 21-12 decision to Americans Phillip Chew and Jamie Subandhi.

In the men’s singles final, Kevin Cordon of Guatemala beat Canada’s Andrew d’Souza 21-13, 21-14.

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