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National Badminton Men’s Doubles Win Bronze at Tokyo Olympics

The victory of the national badminton men’s doubles team, Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik in defeating their opponents, Mohammad Ahsan-Hendra Setiawan from Indonesia was celebrated by all when they clinched an Olympic bronze medal for the country.

Even more exciting, the victory also saw Aaron-Wooi Yik defeating the world No. 2 pair as they lost to them in the earlier group stage.

Witnessed by millions of Malaysians on TV, the success of the country’s duo in winning a bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games is a much anticipated victory at the games. 

In the bronze medal match that took place at Musashino Forest Sports Plaza yesterday night (July 31), they showcased much energetic action to hit a record 17-21, 21-17, 21-14 victory.

The result was Aaron-Wooi Yik’s second win over Ahsan-Setiawan after meeting nine times, including on the Olympic stage. 

The success also saw the world No. 9 duo continuing the legacy of the country’s badminton sport to bring home medals since 2008.

Malaysia has set a target of three medals via badminton, diving and track cycling in this edition with one of them being gold.

Earlier, the badminton pair made a surprise move to the semi-finals by defeating the world No. 1 doubles Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo-Marcus Fernaldi Gideon from Indonesia through a 21-14, 21-17 victory.

 

Rosli Mansor

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