Veterans Prannoy and Tien-chen still keeping rivals on their toes


Old is gold: India’s singles shuttler H.S. Prannoy plods on to make a difference in the Olympics. — IZZRAFIQ ALIAS/The Star

PETALING JAYA: Late bloomer H.S. Prannoy and Taiwan’s Chou Tien-chen are some of the evergreen shuttlers who are set to end their Olympics journey in Paris but their rivals will not be fooled if they are merely here to make up the numbers.

It may be true that the odds are against the 32-year-old Prannoy and the 34-year-old cancer survivor Tien-chen but it will not be easy to discard them from the medal contenders’ list.

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