[Saba Sports News] Malaysian badminton player Goh V Shem shared photos of his vacation in Shanghai with his wife on social media. The pictures show the couple wandering around Shanghai streets with bright happy smiles. These heartwarming snaps won plenty of likes from fans, who all praised his wife’s stunning looks, saying she outshines many entertainment celebrities.
During the Rio and Tokyo Olympic cycles, his wife Wong Pui Mei claimed the top spot in the “Most Beautiful Badminton Wives” poll held by a well-known overseas badminton website for three straight years, ranking higher than Xie Xingfang, wife of two-time Olympic men’s singles champion Lin Dan.
At 36, Goh V Shem is a renowned Malaysian doubles player famous for his powerful rear-court smashes. Partnered with Tan Wee Kiong, he claimed men’s doubles bronze at the Incheon Asian Games, silver at the Rio Olympics, and the BWF World Tour Finals title, once topping the men’s doubles world rankings.
In my opinion, such beauty polls carry no professional sports authority and are merely entertainment-oriented online rankings rather than formal sporting honors. Nevertheless, they reflect public interest in athletes’ private family lives.