Tears of joy, sadness on ending 23-year mixed doubles title drought

Behind their cries of joy for ending Malaysia’s 23-year title drought in mixed doubles at the SEA Games, Chen Tang Jie-Peck Yen Wei also shed tears of sadness after the medal presentation ceremony today.

Apart from the unpleasant task of beating their teammates in the final, they were emotional over the fact that their 15-21, 21-19, 21-13 win against Hoo Pang Ron-Cheah Yee See in the final at the Bac Giang Gymnasium was the last match for the two partnerships.

After four years of partnering Peck, Chen, 24, will now team up with Valeree Siow, while Peck, 26, will combine with...