Shun Yang reveals he felt his career was finished after Kazan flop


In high spirits: Lee Shun Yang vows to enter the National Junior Ranking Challenge playoffs with a ‘can’t-afford-to-lose mindset’ and he is targeting to finish top among the six players.

PETALING JAYA: Lee Shun Yang almost gave up playing badminton after an embarrassing first-round exit at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Kazan, Russia.

The 19-year-old Penang-born lad lost to Jaokim Oldorff who comes from Finland, a country where badminton is considered a game of leisure and not a sport.

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