Cheah competed in badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with Yap Kim Hock.
Jeremy bagaimanapun menegaskan keputusan meletak jawatan tiada kena mengena dengan perpisahan V Shem-Wee Kiong.
Rashid's performance declined in the next three years, but he bounced back in 1996, when he won the Asia Cup and German Open, then reached the finals of the All England before losing to Paul-Erik Hoyer Larsen from Denmark.