Malaysian badminton men’s doubles Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik will duke it out for third place at Paris 2024
After defeating India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in the quarter-finals of Paris 2024 on August 1, Malaysian badminton men’s doubles Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik became one step closer to creating history for the country. It was a tough fight as the world No. 5 Indian pair and reigning Asian Games gold medalists had beaten them in straight games at their last three meetings.
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The duo came back confidently on August 2 for the semi-final game against world No. 1 pair Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang from China.
It was a nail-bitingly close game as Chia and Soh lost the first set 21-19 but came charging back in the second set winning 21-15, forcing the match to go into a rubber set. During which, Chia and Soh went all out to secure a spot in the Olympic men’s doubles badminton final for the first time ever in their career. They fought hard but unfortunately, lost 21-17 to the China pair.
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Chia and Soh will now challenge either Denmark badminton pair Anders Skaarup Rasmussen and Kim Astrup or Chinese Taipei badminton pair Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin to contend for a bronze medal.
