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Paris 2024: Malaysia's quest for elusive gold starts on July 25
The Star
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7/25/2024
Malaysia’s quest to end its nearly seven-decade wait for a maiden Olympic Games gold medal began on Thursday (July 25) as the archery competitions starts, a day before the Games' opening ceremony in Paris.
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Malaysia's quest to win its first-ever gold medal in the Olympic Games began on Thursday,
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a day before the Games' opening ceremony.
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National archers Sayakira Mashayikh, Ariana Nur Dania Mohamed Zahiri and Nur Azrina Mohamed
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Fazil will take part in the women's individual ranking round.
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They were the first group of Malaysian athletes to arrive in Paris, and they underwent a training
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session at the archery venue Esplanade des Invalides on Wednesday.
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National shooter Jonathan Wong also arrived in France on Tuesday before checking into
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the Satellite Olympic Village in Chateauroux.
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He will take part in the qualification round of the men's 10-metre air pistol event on
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Saturday.
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The badminton team has also checked into the Games' village in St. Denis to prepare for
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their competition that will start on Saturday.
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The question is whether the Malaysian contingent of 26 athletes, with 61.5 per cent of them
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being debutants, can clinch the gold medal.
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On paper, badminton and track cycling are Malaysia's best bets for gold, even though
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the athletes are not labelled as favourites to win in the Games.
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In badminton, the men's doubles pair of Aaron Chia and Soh Wu-yik and men's singles player
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Li Zijia have the best chances for medals, while Chen Tangjie and Tou I-Wei could be
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a surprise package in the mixed doubles.
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Malaysia's track cycling legend Datuk Azizul Hasni Awang will contest in his fifth Olympics
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searching for gold in Cairn and Sprint, after winning a silver and a bronze in Cairn the
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Tokyo 2020 and Rio 2016, respectively.
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