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Paris Olympics 2024 – Aaron-Wooi Yik overcome English rivals

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PETALING JAYA: Malaysian pair Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik defeated Britain’s Sean Vendy-Ben Lane in Group A of the Paris Olympics badminton match on Saturday.

In their pursuit to snag the gold, the world number four pair fought hard to overcome the English pair by 19-21, 21-16, 21- 11, the New Straits Times reported.

ALSO READ: Paris 2024: Shuttlers Tan Jie-Ee Wei beat Terry-Jessica for first point

Aaron-Wooi Yik will face Canada’s Nyl Yakura-Adam Dong on Sunday in their second fixture.

The win was crucial for the national shuttlers to advance to the quarter-finals to clinch a “top-two finish”, as quoted.

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