Malaysia's Thinaah Muralitharan and Pearly Tan use three languages to communicate on the badminton court

The women's doubles pair use Mandarin, English and Malay during their matches to communicate

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Malaysia's Thinaah Muralitharan and Pearly Tan use three languages to communicate on the badminton court

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Malaysia's Koong Le Pearly Tan and Muralitharan Thinaah celebrate News Photo - Getty Images

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Malaysia's Muralitharan Thinaah and Malaysia's Pearly Tan Koong Le celebrate with team mates after winning the gold medal during the Badminton Women's Doubles game against India's Treesa Jolly and India's Gayatri Gopichand

Malaysia's Muralitharan Thinaah, right, and Malaysia's Pearly Tan Koong Le, compete during the Badminton Women's Doubles game against India's Treesa Jolly, and India's Gayatri Gopichand Pullela at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham

Muralitharan Thinaah and Tan Pearly Koong Le (Malaysia) are seen in action during the Sydney International Women Doubles Finals match against Cheng Yu Chieh and Tseng Yu-Chi (Chinese Taipei). Thinaah and Tan

Badminton duo Muralitharan, Tan: One pair, three languages

Thinaah Muralitharan Optimistic Ahead of 2022 Badminton Asia Team Championships

Malaysia's Muralitharan Thinaah and Malaysia's Pearly Tan Koong Le, front right, celebrate after winning gold medal during the Badminton Women's Doubles game against India's Treesa Jolly and India's Gayatri Gopichand Pullela, rear

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