Olympics Rio 2016: Indonesia beat Malaysia for badminton mixed doubles gold

ByReuters

Updated 17/08/2016 at 18:31 GMT

Indonesia's Ahmad Tontowi and Liliyana Natsir stomped on Malaysia's dreams of a maiden Olympic gold medal at the badminton on Wednesday by hammering Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying in the mixed double final.

Indonesia's Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir win mixed doubles gold

Image credit: AFP

Roared to the title by dozens of feverish home fans, the world number three pairing pounced all over the Malaysians from the first point at the Riocentro and never dropped the pressure in the 21-14 21-12 win.

Tontowi and Natsir captured their delegation's first gold of the Rio Games and seventh in Olympic badminton, closing out the match when Goh netted the last shuttlecock.

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