Published on: Wednesday, April 28, 2021
By: Bernama
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MELAKA: The final list of Malaysia’s contingent to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be known early July as the qualifying rounds for several sporting events involving Malaysian athletes will still take place until June.
National Sports Council (NSC) director-general Datuk Ahmad Shapawi Ismail
(pic) said the qualification process for the Olympics and Paralympics was still ongoing following many international tournaments being postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
He said the qualification process also depended on international sports associations as they struggle to organise competitions, including some which had to cancel tournaments and use old rankings which resulted in some national athletes missing out on the Olympics.