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 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

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

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

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

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