Soniia all smiles after long journey to Olympics completed


PETALING JAYA: Soniia Cheah has struggled for more than eight years just to play in the Olympics – and when the time finally came, she did not disappoint.

The 28-year-old gave former world champion Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand a scare before going down 21-19, 18-21, 10-21 in 62 minutes in Group N at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza yesterday.

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