Coaches going places – Flandi and Eng Hian go back a long way


Quite a combo: Flandi Limpele (back) and Eng Hian in their heyday as a doubles pair.

PETALING JAYA: Indonesians Flandi Limpele and Eng Hian are former partners who have turned out to be successful badminton coaches at the Tokyo Olympics.

The 47-year-old Flandi, who is Malaysia’s men’s doubles head coach, has guided Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik to a bronze medal in their first Olympics while the 44-year-old Eng Hian is the coach behind the gold-medal victory of Greysia Polii-Apriyani Rahayu in the women’s doubles.

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