Hou Liek beating the opponent from Indonesia, Oddie Dwi Kurnia Listyanto by decision 21-8 and 21-11 to confirm the gold medal.
“Syukur I am able to retain the title in Incheon after the Games in Guangzhou. Before I came to Incheon, I don’t have much training for job reasons.
“I have to attend training three times a week, but I can only attend on Saturday,” he told reporters after the match.
Liek Hou said, after arriving at Incheon on October 13, he tried to adapt to court environment and collect energy to ensure the victory.
Not only managed to maintain singles championship, Hou Liek who partners Suhaili Laima in the Men’s Doubles event SL3-4 / SU5, again equaled the gold medal in Guangzhou.
However, the country’s doubles pair had struggled before beating doubles from India, Raj Kumar and Rakesh Pandey with scores 11-21, 21-11 and 21-13.
Commenting on today’s match, Suhaili said the first set of the match was slow and opponents featuring fierce competition.
“Although I only had time to do the training in a month, but look to the success of today, he made it,” said the athlete will retired as of the age factor. Suhaili, 52, began to work alongside Hou Liek since 2002. – Bernama
Source: Kosmo
