PETALING JAYA: It is a feeling of gratitude – more than anything – for Olympian Datuk Cheah Soon Kit after men’s doubles Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik liberated the national shuttlers by winning the country’s first world crown in Tokyo on Sunday.
Soon Kit, who paired off Aaron-Wooi Yik when he was the national doubles coach in 2017, said their achievement would change the perception of Malaysian badminton after failing at the World Championships for such long time.
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