Paris Olympics medal winners Aaron-Wooi Yik, Lee are frontrunners for national award

Olympic bronze medal winners Lee Zii Jia, Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik. —AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

PETALING JAYA: The National Sportsman of the Year award is set to be a close contest between the country’s top shuttlers Lee Zii Jia and Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik for their success at last year’s Olympic Games.

They are seen as the favourites as they have been nominated for the award together with wushu exponent Wong Weng Soon, weightlifter Mohd Aniq Kasdan, and pencak silat exponent Abdul Latif Maxzakir.