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Pearly-Thinaah Focused On Olympic Quarters

Jul 31, 2024

Pearly Tan and M Thinaah are refusing to get carried away by their qualification into the Paris Olympics women’s doubles quarterfinal.

Thinaah says that while they’re happy with the achievement, they need to prepare for their upcoming clash in the last eight.

Thinaah and Pearly will next face South Korea’s Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong for a place in the semis.

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Elsewhere in Paris…national archer Syaqiera Mashayikh missed out on a place in the last-16 of the women’s individual event.

She narrowly lost to her Brazilian opponent via shootout, after they were tied at 5-all in their last 32 elimination match.

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Simone Biles has picked up her fifth Olympic gold medal overall, as she helped the USA to victory in the women’s gymnastics team event.

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While the Spanish dream-team of Carlos Alcaraz and Rafa Nadal have made the quarterfinals of the men’s tennis doubles after beating their Dutch opponents.

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In other developments…Terengganu are up to third in the Malaysian Super League standings, after a 3-2 win over Negeri Sembilan…while Kuching City overcame Perak 2-1.

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And, Chelsea have completed the signing of goalkeeper Filip Jorgenson…who joins from Villareal in an over 20 million pounds deal.