Malaysian Badminton Coach Giving His Shoes To A Rival Jamaican Player Is Breaking The Internet
Malaysia's badminton coach Hendrawan gave his shoes to Jamaica's Samuel Rickets after his pair was damaged during his singles match against Ng Tze Yong.
In a heartwarming gesture, Malaysian badminton coach came to the rescue of rival Jamaican shuttler when his shoes got damaged during a group badminton match between Malaysia and Jamaica at Commonwealth Games 2022.
His rival's shoes got damaged
Malaysia's badminton coach Hendrawan gave his shoes to Jamaica's Samuel Rickets after his pair was damaged during his singles match against Ng Tze Yong. Ricketts, who graciously and immediately accepted the offer because it was the only way he could continue playing, lost the match to Malaysia's Ng Tze Yong eventually by 21-12, 21-16 margin.
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When the opposition coach is your shoe size and saves the day ?
¡ª Commonwealth Sport (@thecgf) July 30, 2022
It's what the Games is all about!#B2022 #CommonwealthGames #Badminton pic.twitter.com/wnJcJ7uNKW
What was particularly touching was that Ricketts held on to the shoes and continued playing in them even in the doubles match later in the day. He went for the doubles tie with Joel Angus but unfortunately, lost that match as well.
Gesture is winning the internet
But, the gesture won many hearts on the internet. Many users called them both "heroes" and many hailed the "sportsmanship".
An excellent display of sportsmanspirit and good human gestures. Kudos to the opposition coach for showing a great value system and inspiring others.#CommonwealthGames2022#Badminton https://t.co/3waxHGxIi0
¡ª Karnam Malleswari, OLY (@kmmalleswari) August 1, 2022
When someone asked what sports taught you? https://t.co/0T7OljSEZf
¡ª Vasanthan (@vasanthoughtz) July 31, 2022
Love seeing such great sportsmanship. Makes me even more proud of our Malaysian players and coach. Sayang Coach Hendrawan ??? https://t.co/QAK8w5bmez
¡ª Syahirah Skylar ?? (@EtherealSkylar) July 31, 2022
Beautiful??? https://t.co/S8S2gR2wzy
¡ª Alan (@cbe_sam) July 31, 2022
Sports taught you everything...??? https://t.co/0iRmpTIngg
¡ª Ram Sam (@ram25bullet) July 31, 2022
Although Jamaica cruised to a 4-1 victory against Zambia in their next group match, they couldn't qualify for the quarterfinals.
Malaysia in finals
Meanwhile, Malaysia stormed into badminton mixed team quarter-finals at the Birmingham CWG 2022 after a comfortable 5-0 win over Jamaica in Group D. The Malaysian team continued their good run by routing South Africa by 5-0 in the previous match and will faced Sri Lanka in quarterfinals on Sunday.
On the other hand, in the same event of badminton mixed team, India defeated arch-rivals Pakistan and Sri Lanka 5-0 each and won 4-1 against Australia. In group stage, India's dominance can be estimated by the fact that the team lost just 1 match against all the teams it had faced.
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