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Indian team to start training, get access to physio after all 824 participants clear COVID-19 test
NEW DELHI, Jan 6: The entire Indian badminton contingent cleared the COVID-19 test on Wednesday and is set to begin training ahead of the Yonex Thailand Open, starting next week.
The Indian team, part of the Green Zone, consisting of players and all stakeholders such as umpires, line judges, personnel from BWF, Badminton Association of Thailand, medical staff, and TV production crew, were tested after arrival in Bangkok.
The Asia leg in Bangkok consists of two Super 1000 events Yonex Thailand Open (January 12-17) and Toyota Thailand Open (January 19-24) followed by the USD 1,500,000 HSBC BWF World Tour Finals (January 27-31).
Bangkok [Thailand], January 6 (ANI): The Asian leg in Bangkok, due to start next week with the Thailand Open, received a boost with all 824 participants in the Green Zone quarantine bubble testing negative for COVID-19.
The Green Zone consists of players and their entourage and all stakeholders who come into direct contact with them, such as umpires, line judges, personnel from Badminton World Federation (BWF), Badminton Association of Thailand, medical staff, and TV production crew. All international Green Zone participants were required to submit a negative in their own country before departure to Bangkok and were then tested again in Bangkok upon entry into hotel quarantine, BWF said in a statement.
BWF announces calendar for 1st half of 2021, India Open to be held from May 11
New Delhi : The India Open Super 500 will be held from May 11 to 16 and will serve as the last qualification event for the Tokyo Olympics, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) confirmed in its new calendar for the upcoming year.
The Olympic Qualifying period for Tokyo will restart next year and the first qualifying tournament will be the Swiss Open from March 2 to 7 followed by German Open from March 9-14.
The USD 400,000 India Open will be the last of the 17 events to earn points towards sealing berths for the Tokyo Olympics.
India Open set for May 2021; to be final qualifying event for Tokyo Olympics
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Fewer tournaments, possibly less prize money and a ten-week Olympic qualifying window, ending with the India Open in May - these are the highlights of the revised badminton calendar for 2021. India s best players, including PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal, will return to action next month with three tournaments in south-east Asia.
The India Open will run from May 11-16, and serve as the final event in the Tokyo Olympic qualifying period in 2021, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) announced on Monday. Apart from revisions to the calendar, which sees some tournament dates being pushed and a handful of Grade 2 events cancelled, the focus of the world body, according to its secretary Thomas Lund, has been to establish cluster tournaments where possible , similar to the Asian Leg in January next year.