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Aaron-Wooi Yik Deliver Our First Medal In Paris

Aug 05, 2024

Malaysia has picked up its first medal at the Paris Olympics.

It came via Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik, who delivered a bronze in the badminton men’s doubles, with a hard-fought three-sets win over Anders Rasmussen and Kim Astrup of Denmark.

The Malaysians were in the brink of defeat, before eventually winning 16-21, 22-20, 21-19.

Their latest achievement means Aaron and Wooi Yik have now won back-to-back bronze medals at the Olympics.

Meanwhile, Lee Zii Jia will have to play for the bronze medal in the men’s singles.

This, after he fell to a straight sets loss to Thailand’s Kunlavut Vitidsarn in the semifinals.

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Elsewhere in Paris…Malaysian golfer Gavin Green has finished joint 33^rd overall…which is his best ever Olympics performance to date.

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National rider Nur Aisyah Zubir was forced to drop out of the women's road cycling race, after suffering cramps in the second half of the event.

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Noah Lyles of the USA has won the men’s 100m sprint with a dramatic photo-finish victory over Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson.

Lyles won by five-thousandths of a second…making this the closest finish in the event in over 40 years.

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While in tennis…Novak Djokovic has won the men’s singles gold medal, after beating Carlos Alcaraz in straight sets.