PARIS, July 30 – Overwhelmed former junior world champion, Goh Jin Wei marked her 2024 Paris Olympics debut with a win against two-time African Games champion Johanita Scholtz in a women’s singles Group H match, on Monday
After having fought closely against the world number 103 Scholtz in the first set, the 24-year-old managed to regain her rhythm in the second game to notch a 23-21, 21-11 victory at the Porte de La Chapelle Arena.
However, Jin Wei, the world number 32, who wasn’t in her best shape during the match today, must pull up her socks as she will be facing a greater challenge against the world number 17, Kim Ga Eun from South Korea on Wednesday.
The professional player’s coach Nova Armada couldn’t accompany her to Paris 2024 due to limited accreditations to the national contingent.
Jin Wei, the 2015 and 2018 world junior champion, has yet to gain her real form since undergoing colectomy surgery in 2019 due to a stomach ailment.
