Malaysia’s journey in the Paris Olympics has come to an end, with two bronze medals from the badminton team.

The country’s last Olympian to compete was Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom who crashed in the men’s keirin finals earlier this evening. 

On Day 10 of the Olympics today, national men’s singles professional shuttler Lee Zii Jia bounced back from a game down to defeat India’s Lakshya Sen 13-21, 21-16, 21-11 in the bronze medal playoff.

Zii Jia, who came to Paris dreaming of striking gold, has vowed to return stronger to challenge for the glitter of gold at Los Angeles 2028 (LA28).

On Sunday (Aug 4), men’s doubles aces Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik delivered the first medal for Malaysia at Paris 2024 when they clawed their way back from the brink of defeat to overcome Danes Kim Astrup-Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 16-21, 22-20, 21-19 in the bronze medal playoff.

Meanwhile, over at the Marseille Marina, about 750 kilometres (km) from here, national sailors Khairulnizam Mohd Afendy and Nur Shazrin Mohamad Latif failed to finish in the top 10 and, thus, are out of Tuesday’s medal race.

Veteran sailor Khairulnizam ended his fourth Olympic outing in 32nd position with 168 net points in the men’s single-handed dinghy ILCA 7 event after Race 9 and Race 10 were cancelled.

Nur Shazrin, meanwhile, finished in 35th spot (215 net points) from nine races in the women’s single-handed dinghy ILCA 6 event, with Race 10 cancelled.

No Malaysian will be in action on Tuesday (Aug 6) but they will resume their medal quest on Wednesday (Aug 7).