Malaysia's Aaron Chia & Wooi Yik Win Olympics Bronze Medal in Badminton after beating the reigning world champions from Indonesia (Video)

31/7/2021

TOKYO - National doubles pair Aaron Chia - Soh Wooi Yik claimed the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics after defeating Indonesia's Mohamad Ahsan- Hendra Setiawan 17-21, 21-17, 21-14 at the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza today.

Smashing show as Aaron-Wooi Yik win Malaysia’s first medal in Tokyo Olympics

31 Jul 2021 

Malaysia's Soh Wooi Yik (L) and Malaysia's Aaron Chia hug after winning their men's doubles badminton quarter final match against Indonesia's Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo and Indonesia's Marcus Fernaldi Gideon during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza in Tokyo on July 29, 2021. AFPPIX

TOKYO: The wait is finally over.

National men’s doubles shuttlers Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik bagged the bronze for Malaysia’s first medal at the Tokyo Olympics after more than a week since the Games officially opened on July 23.

Aaron-Wooi Yik took 52 minutes to edge Indonesians Mohammad Ahsan-Hendra Setiawan 17-21, 21-17, 21-14 in the bronze medal match at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, here, today.

The first game was closely fought as both pairs battled neck-and-neck before Aaron-Wooi Yik took an 11-9 lead at the interval.

When the game resumed, the Indonesians produced a more aggressive display to regain the lead at 12-9 and maintained their domination to eventually seal a 21-17 win. — Bernama

 

Shuttlers Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik bag Malaysia’s first medal of the Tokyo Olympics with a bronze in men’s doubles

Congratulation 🇲🇾#Badminton #Olympics #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/ryOthEEs42

— BERNAMA (@bernamadotcom) July 31, 2021