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Lee Zii Jia is off to a flying start at the Olympics

Jul 26, 2021

Image: Stadium Astro

Lee Zii Jia is off to a flying start at the Tokyo Olympics!

The national men’s singles shuttler recorded a comfortable opening win over Ukraine’s Artem Pochtarov in the group stage.

Elsewhere at the badminton event, Malaysian mixed doubles pair Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying…as well as the women’s doubles pairing of Chow Mei Kuan-Lee Meng Yean both suffered their second straight group stage defeat, ending their hopes of a medal.

Image: The Star

In a related development, former national shuttler Datuk Lee Chong Wei says he’s disappointed that some of our players have suffered online abuse after making their Olympic exit.

The Malaysian badminton legend says no player goes onto the court to lose…adding that we all need to stand behind our athletes in victory and defeat.

Meanwhile, national swimmer Phee Jinq En has set a new national record in the women’s 100m breaststroke event.

She set a time of 1 minute 8.4 seconds in the heats…which is also a new personal best.

Jinq En didn’t make it into the semifinals, but finished 29^th out of 43 competitors in the overall rankings.

This, as Farah Ann Abdul Hadi finished 68^th out of 85 competitors in the artistic gymnastics individual all-round qualifiers, in what was her first ever Olympic appearance.