By Richa Naidu
PARIS (Reuters) -Taiwan’s Lee Yang and Wang Chi-Lin retained their Olympic badminton men’s doubles title on Sunday, beating China’s Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang 21-17 18-21 21-19 at the Porte de La Chapelle arena in Paris in a gripping final.
The Taiwanese pair, who won gold in Tokyo and are childhood friends, fell to the floor screaming when they won an emotionally charged match that saw spectators chanting “Taiwan”, although they compete as Chinese Taipei at the Olympics.
Lee threw his racket in the air as the pair received a standing ovation from the euphoric Taiwanese supporters.
Malaysia’s Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik bagged bronze after winning 16-21 22-20 21-19 against Kim Astrup and Anders Rasmussen of Denmark in a fight that lasted over an hour, destroyed 34 shuttlecocks and was filled with hypnotic rallies.
(Reporting by Richa Naidu; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
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