2020 TOKYO OLYMPIC-BADMINTON: TOKYO Japan- Indonesia wins badminton women’s doubles at Tokyo Olympics
INDONESIA MEDAL TALLY
Gold medallists:
Greysia Polii / Apriyani Rahayu, badminton, women’s doubles
Silver medallists:
Eko Yuli Irawan, weightlifting, men’s 61kg
Bronze medallists:
Rahmat Erwin Abdullah, weightlifting, men’s 73kg
Windy Cantika Aisah, weightlifting, women’s 49kg
Anthony Ginting, badminton, men’s singles
*Information accurate 01:00 JST 3 August
TOKYO: Indonesia’s world number six shuttlers Greysia Polii/Apriyani Rahayu(pix) beat China’s second seeds Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan 21-19, 21-15 in the women’s doubles final of the Tokyo Olympics on Monday.
The Indonesian pair raced to a strong start and kept the advantage till the end, Xinhua News Agency reported.
In the second set, Chen/Jia, unable to bounce back, were overwhelmed by their opponents,
In an earlier match at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, South Korea’s number five Kim So-yeong/Kong Hee-yong crushed their compatriots world number four Lee So-hee/Shin Seung-chan 21-10, 21-17 to get the bronze. –Bernama