They can be smashing too


Potential champs: Aaron Chia (right) and Soh Wooi Yik have good first-three shots but they need consistency to succeed, says former international Goh V Shem.

PETALING JAYA: Shuttlers Tan Wee Kiong and Goh V Shem have faith that youngsters Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik will replicate their silver-medal feat at the Tokyo Olympics next month.

World No. 13 Wee Kiong-V Shem, both 32, smashed their way to the medal in their Olympics debut in 2016 at Rio de Janeiro, but this year they failed to make the cut.

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