Malaysian badminton men’s doubles pair Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik prevailed in the Olympic bronze medal match yesterday night, clinching a spot on the podium just like they did in Tokyo 2020. It’s Malaysia’s first medal at Paris 2024, and it got the whole nation on their feet cheering.
Everyone’s heart rate was off the charts too, as it was truly one of the great comeback matches. Denmark pair Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup won the first set and reached game point in the second set with a very healthy lead. We were resigned to Chia and Soh losing then, but they amazingly won six consecutive points to win the second set 22-20, forcing rubber. The decider was a see-saw affair that we won 21-19. Tears.
For their gallant effort, Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik won the bronze medal, our respect and a brand new Chery Tiggo 7 Pro worth RM123,800. We’re not sure if it’s one SUV each, or they’ll have to share, but that’s Chery Malaysia’s reward for our country’s athletes who take home bronze.
UPDATE: It’s a Tiggo 7 Pro each for Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik, Chery Malaysia has confirmed
Silver will net them an Omoda E5 electric SUV and our nation’s first every Olympic gold medalist will drive home a Tiggo 8 Pro. The extra motivation of free cars was announced by Chery in June.
“We know they have put in the hard work and long hours of training for the games. We have high hopes that this year, Malaysia will achieve the coveted gold medal that the nation has been eyeing. To the Malaysian contingent, know that Chery Malaysia will be cheering you on every step of the way,” president of Chery Auto Malaysia Leo Chen said at the June event.
“We are indeed very happy with the pledge by Chery Malaysia to reward Malaysia athletes who will do well in the upcoming Olympics in Paris. We hope this will spur the athletes to give their best and make the country proud,” said National Sports Council director-general, Abdul Rashid Yaakub.
So, will Lee Zii Jia also claim the Tiggo 7 Pro, and will ‘Pocket Rocketman’ Datuk Azizulhasni Awang finally clinch his and Malaysia’s first Olympic gold medal? We’ll be on our feet again as they fight.
GALLERY: Chery Tiggo 7 Pro
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Chery is so desperate for attention. The whole company deserve a nuke drop on them
Share?
Sharing is caring…they can share and go for training lor…next sukma coming what
Reliability of the car is highly questionable. the wheels might come off on their way to training.
It is already solved. It is only now Mazda that needed more worries for buyers when those parts including axle and wheels for mazda came off
thank got its an ICE
How abt Proton, diam diam aje, habuk pun takde.
Eww..Trying hard lah this brand hahahahh
Ok la, better attitude than mazda. Mazda fanboys usual so arrogant but trying hard for badmouthing this brand and other brands for no reasons but mazda problems unable to solve till today unlike Chery
At the most 3 medals from this olympics…one more hopefully from LZJ and one more from our rocketman cyclist.
Other than that,this is a very disappointing Olympics for bolehland.
The funny thing is we allowed a “wild card” 100 m men’s entry.
That dude didnt prepare enough for this wildcard entry,we used taxRM to fund the athlete.Has any 100 m wild card entry won a medal at the olympics? Wild card entries are for those who cant qualify on merit,just to make up the numbers.
Time for Hannah Yeoh and Co to justify the expenses using tax Ringgit in a lacklustre OLympics.
Remember,the rakyat went thro a horrific Covidic lockdown.
Use the tax payer’s money wisely.It is no point pushing a footballer into Premier league,when his std is just below mediocre.
proton and perodua tak rasa bersalah ke tak sponsor? at least proton can give e.mas and perodua can give axia turbo.
Congrats