Lee Yang-Chi-lin face fight to stay alive in ‘group of death’

High expectations: Taiwan’s Lee Yang (left) and Wang Chi-lin have struggled to reach similar heights since capturing a historic gold for their country in the 2021 Tokyo Games.

PETALING JAYA: Taiwan’s defending men’s doubles champions Lee Yang-Wang Chi-lin face a tough battle to survive the group stages in the Paris Olympics after landing in the ‘’group of death’’.

World No. 11 Lee Yang-Chi-lin have struggled to reach similar heights since capturing a historic gold for their country in the 2021 Tokyo Games and could not have asked for a tougher draw after they were placed in Group D along with Denmark’s world No. 2 Kim Astrup-Anders Skaarup Rasmussen, Japan’s 2021 world champions Takuro Hoki-Yugo Kobayashi, China’s world No. 9 Liu Yuchen-Ou Xuanyi and United States pair Vinson Chiu-Joshua Yuan.