Adeola delivers Malaysia first gold medal at Asian Games
NAGOYA: Adeola Fay Robert secured Malaysia’s first gold medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games after beating Iran’s Fatemeh Zahra Saeidabadi 6-4 in the women’s kumite Under-55kg final on Tuesday.
Nagoya, Japan - South Korea's women's badminton team, led by world No. 1 An Se-young, secured a spot in the semifinals of the Asian Games event on Tuesday. The team defeated Malaysia 3-1 in a series of matches at Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium. An, the reigning Olympic and world champion in the women's singles, started the journey with a 2-0 victory over Letshanaa Karupathevan (21-12, 21-8).
However, the team faced a setback in the doubles event when the world No. 2 tandem of Lee So-hee and Baek Hana lost to Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan 2-0 (22-20, 21-17). Nevertheless, South Korea bounced back in the next two matches. Kim Ga-eun overpowered Wong Ling Ching 2-0 (21-12, 21-18), and Jeong Na-eun and Kim Hye-jeong outplayed Cheng Su Yin and Low Zi Yu 2-1 (18-21, 21-11, 24-22) to advance to the semifinals.
An expressed her delight in the team event, praising her teammates' support on court, which she does not experience in singles matches.
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