Li Peng: Pearly-Thinaah are redefining excitement in women's doubles


Different court: Ang Li Peng, who won the country's first women's doubles gold medal at the Commonwealth Games with Lim Pek Siah, was called to the Malaysian Bar in 2012. File pix of Li Peng with father Ang Chin Hiat at Jalan Duta Court Complex. Looking on are Chuan Lai Yoong (mother) and her sister Annie Ang Peng Wei. Rohaizat/Star.

PETALING JAYA: Former shuttler Ang Li Peng knows what it takes to stand atop the podium and the senior is thrilled to see Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah climbing that same path to glory.

Li Peng etched her name in history alongside Lim Pek Siah when they became the first Malaysian women’s doubles pair to strike gold at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.

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