Zii Jia enters Paris re-energised for fresh start in second Games


Raring to go: Lee Zii Jia and his coach Wong Tat Meng in Paris.

PETALING JAYA: Shuttler Lee Zii Jia was at the lowest ebb of his career exactly 13 months ago and the Malaysian feared that he will not qualify for the Olympic Games.

But on Monday, he arrived in Paris, as one of the darkhorses of the Games in the men’s singles.

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