Bronze for bravery

PETALING JAYA: The tears shed by the usually cool Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik said it all after they won the country’s first medal at the Olympic Games.

The hope of the nation was on their shoulders but the debutants did not disappoint as they fought brilliantly to upstage reigning world champions Mohammad Ahsan-Hendra Setiawan of Indonesia 17-21, 21-17, 21-14 in a 50-minute bronze-medal playoff match at the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza.