Chan-Goh storm into Olympic final by dumping China

Peng Soon-Liu YIng upset China to reach mixed doubles final.

Peng Soon (second left) and Liu Ying (right) celebrate their semi-final victory with their coaches Chin Eei Hui and Jeremy Gan at the Rio Olympics.

Malaysia’s Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying have assured a first badminton medal at the Olympic Games.

The duo dumped China’s Xu Chen-Ma Jin 21-13, 21-19 to reach the mixed doubles final in Rio de Janeiro on Monday.

It took the Malaysians 45 minutes to score the historic win. It was only their third win in 10 meetings.

They will take on Indonesians Tantowi Ahmad-Lilyana Natsir in the final. They have lost to the Indonesians in the group match.