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

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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, 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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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

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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