PETALING JAYA: National women’s doubles shuttlers Pearly Tan-M Thinaah clinched Malaysia’s first badminton gold medal at this year’s SEA Games in Bangkok today.
The world No 2 pair and top seeds overcame Indonesia’s Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma-Meilysa Trias Puspitasari 21-16, 19-21, 21-17 in a closely contested match that lasted 85 minutes.
Pearly-Thinaah ended Malaysia’s 10-year gold medal drought in the women’s doubles event at the biennial games with the win.
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