Zii Jia shines to deliver second bronze medal for Malaysia in Paris
Men's singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia clinched bronze in the Paris Olympics after a hard-fought win over India's Lakshya Sen.
World No. 7 Zii Jia came from behind to beat 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games gold medallist Lakshya 13-21, 21-16, 21-11 at Adidas Arena in Port de la Chapelle on Monday (Aug 5).
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World No. 7 Zii Jia came from behind to beat 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games gold medallist Lakshya 13-21, 21-16, 21-11 at Adidas Arena in Port de la Chapelle on Monday (Aug 5).
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00:00Men's singles shuttler Li Zijia clinched the bronze medal at the Paris Olympics after
00:07a hard-fought victory over India's Lakshya Sen.
00:10World No. 7 Zijia came from behind to defeat the 2022
00:14Birmingham Commonwealth Games gold medalist Lakshya 13-21, 21-16, 21-11 at Adidas Arena
00:21in Port de la Chapelle on Monday.
00:24This marks Malaysia's second medal at the Paris Games following the men's doubles pair
00:28Aaron Chia and Soe Wui Yik, who also secured a bronze on Sunday.
00:33With this achievement, the 26-year-old Zijia has equaled the feat of Datuk Rashid Sidek
00:38at the 1996 Atlanta Games.
00:41Zijia has become the third Malaysian to win an Olympic medal in men's singles badminton,
00:46joining Rashid and Datuk Lee Chong Wei, who won silver in the 2008 Beijing 2012 London
00:52and 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.
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