Published on: Wednesday, July 07, 2021
By: Bernama
Zii Jia
Kuala Lumpur: National men’s singles badminton ace Lee Zii Jia will replace archer Khairul Anuar Mohamad as one of the two flag bearers in the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics on July 23.
Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) president Tan Sri Mohamad Norza Zakaria confirmed this, saying Khairul Anuar had asked to be replaced as he will be in action the following day.
Khairul
Norza said Khairul Anuar is set to compete in the qualifying round of the recurve mixed team event with Syaqiera Mashayikh at the Yumenoshima Park Archery Field on July 24.
TOYOTA THAILAND OPEN QF – Upset after upset in mixed
Mixed doubles again produced the biggest upsets of the day but this time it was Malaysia’s Hoo/Cheah and India’s Rankireddy/Ponnappa punching above their weight.
By Don Hearn. Photos: Badmintonphoto (live)
On Thursday in Bangkok, the biggest upsets came in mixed doubles from Korea’s Ko/Eom and Thailand’s Jomkoh/Paewsampran. While both of those pairs fought hard and gave the two highest remaining seeds in the tournament all kinds of trouble, it was two other pairs who shone early on quarter-finals day and found their way into the biggest semi-final round of their career.