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Release Date:
September 23, 2021
Original Title:
Olympic Dream
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Tells about Wong Anna who has been interested and aspired since childhood to become a national badminton player. Although Anna suffered from health problems, it did not break her dreams. While at school, Anna saw the greatness of Uncle Quan who is also a former badminton player in handling the tennis ball. Since then, Anna has always trained with Uncle Quan until she successfully won a badminton competition. Anna's talent was seen by coach Cheah and that paved the way for Anna to become a national player. When growing up, Anna managed to become one of the best players of the nation. However, her doubles partner, Xiu Man was seriously injured and Anna had to switch to a new doubles partner, Hao Yu. Anna and Hao Yu trained hard to overcome all difficulties. They brought the dreams and hopes of 32.38 million Malaysians to step into the Olympics. But did Anna and her partner succeed in making Malaysia famous and bring home the Olympic gold medal.
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