Taufik says friendship with Chong Wei as strong as their love for badminton


True legends: Chong Wei playing in an exhibition match with Peter-Gade Christensen of Denmark (back) and Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia in this 2015 photo.

PETALING JAYA: They were once great badminton rivals but now, Taufik Hidayat and Lee Chong Wei are good friends.

In fact, Indonesia’s Olympics and world champion Taufik, Chong Wei and two others Lin Dan of China and Peter-Gade Christensen of Denmark have joined forces to lend their star power in a bid to popularise badminton across the world since 2015.

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