Olympic medallist Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth s hopes of making it to this year s Tokyo Olympic Games ended on Friday as badminton s global governing body said that no more qualifying tournaments would be played due to the Covid-19 .
FILE PHOTO: Badminton - Denmark Open - Women s Singles Finals - Odense Sports Park, October 21, 2018 India s Saina Nehwal against Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei (not pictured). Claus Fisker/Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Badminton s Olympic rankings were frozen on Friday with the game s governing body saying no further qualifying tournaments will take place before the Tokyo Games this year.
The qualifying period officially closes on June 15 but the current Race-to-Tokyo rankings will not change, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) said in a statement. The Olympic qualification process is in effect closed as there are no additional opportunities for players to earn points, BWF secretary general Thomas Lund said.
Badminton's Olympic rankings were frozen on Friday with the game's governing body saying no further qualifying tournaments will take place before the Tokyo Games this year.
KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 (Xinhua) The qualification process of badminton for the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games has come to an early closure as no more tournaments