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National para-badminton athletes Cheah Liek Hou (centre left) and Muhammad Fareez Anuar (centre right) with their medals following the 2024 Para Spain International II Championship in Toledo, Spain, on April 28, 2024. — Picture via FACEBOOK/CHEAH LIEK HOU 謝儮好

Liek Hou shines again with double gold medals in Spain

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — National para-badminton champion Cheah Liek Hou continued to shine by winning two gold medals in the men’s singles SU5 (physical disability) and men’s doubles SU5 of the 2024 Para Spain International II Championship in Toledo recently.

In the men’s singles SU5 final, he beat Taiwan’s Fang Je Yu 21-19, 21-17 for the gold, and paired up with Muhammad Fareez Anuar in the men’s doubles SU5 to beat Indian pair Hardik Makkar-Ruthick Ragupathi 21-16, 22-20 for the second gold.

Fareez took the men’s singles SU5 bronze medal.

Cheah’s performance is a repeat of his double gold medal win at the 2024 Spanish Para International (Level 2) Championship in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain last week.

— Bernama

 

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