Dewi reveals how hubby’s age gave him the ‘edge’ to succeed


PETALING JAYA: A proud Dewi Febriana Tan believes that her husband Cheah Liek Hou has proven that age is just a number.

At 33, Liek Hou displayed mental and physical strength to beat Indonesian archrival Dheva Anrimusthi, who’s 11 years younger, 21-17, 21-15, in the men’s singles SU5 (impairment in upper body) final to clinch a historic first badminton gold for Malaysia at the Paralympics yesterday.

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