Amin just one step closer to elusive gold


Just a win away: Mhd Amin Burhanuddin is on track for a gold medal after reaching the final of the SL4 singles final at the Asean Para Games.— Bernama

PHNOM PENH: Although he was born with a deformity in his right leg, it did not discourage Mhd Amin Burhanuddin from being involved in badminton since the age of 10.

The 31-year-old athlete has a right leg defect called ‘right ciev with surgical intervention, SL4’ and had to undergo surgery at birth which caused him to use crutches until he was seven.

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