Badminton: Singapore's golden couple Terry Hee, Jessica Tan want to create more history

Terry Hee and his wife Jessica Tan are the first Singaporeans to win the badminton mixed doubles title at the Commonwealth Games. ST PHOTO: CHONG JUN LIANG
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SINGAPORE - A gold medal changes things. For Terry Hee, it happens on Tuesday (Aug 16) at a petrol station in Singapore. He is about to pay when someone recognises him, stops him and asks for a photograph.

It is a week after he and his wife Jessica Tan won the badminton mixed doubles title at the Commonwealth Games, the first Singaporeans to do so at the quadrennial competition.

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