Published on: Friday, April 16, 2021
By: Bernama
Kuala Lumpur: Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina Merican
(pic) is expecting more athletes to join the 12 national athletes who have qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in July.
The growing optimism stems from 23 athletes under the Road To Tokyo (RTT) 2020 programme are now hunting for slots in the Games through various qualifying processes which are still going on until June. “As an example, in badminton, Lee Zii Jia has obtained his ticket (to Olympics) which I did not include in the list of 12 athletes as the qualifying process is still open.
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The Olympic qualification period for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics has been extended to June 15, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) announced in a statement on Friday. It was earlier scheduled to end on May 16. The Olympic Qualifying period for the Race to Tokyo will now close on 15 June 2021, with the last tournament counting for qualification being the Singapore Open 2021, the statement read. BWF is working with the IOC to update the Tokyo 2020 qualification system whereby the final updated regulation will be shared once ready following formal approval by IOC, it added.