Skip navigation
Favorites
Sign up to follow your favorites on all your devices.
Sign up

Badminton: Indonesian duo Ahmad and Natsir take mixed doubles gold

Badminton - Olympics: Day 10

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 15: Tontowi Ahmad and Lilyana Natsir of Indonesia celebrate winning a Mixed Doubles Semifinal match against Nan Zhang and Yunlei of China on Day 10 of the 2016 Rio Olympics at Riocentro Pavillion on August 15, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

Getty Images

Indonesia’s Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir have taken gold in badminton mixed doubles at the Olympics in Rio.

WATCH: Full match replay

The Wednesday win was fairly decisive, with Ahmad and Natsir taking 21-14 and 21-12 sets over Malaysia’s Peng Soon Chan and Liu Ying Goh.

Ahmad and Natsir lost the bronze medal match at the 2012 Games in London. Natsir took silver with Nova Widianto in the 2008 Games in Beijing.

Follow @NicholasMendola