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Shuttlers must pull their socks up
The way the first competition of the year panned out, the Indian team would love to scoff at it and march on with more focus and determination.
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There’s no doubt that badminton is a premier sport in our country. It has produced medals at the last two Olympics London and Rio de Janeiro and at the World Championships too. There are shuttlers who have occupied the number one spot. With the 2020 Tokyo Olympics postponed to this summer, India is looking at the sport with a billion hopes.
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.
Qualification for Tokyo Olympics to end with India Open: BWF
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Kaula Lumpur, Dec 22 : The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has announced the tournament calendar for the first half of 2021, which includes 17 tournaments that will serve as qualification tournaments for the Tokyo Olympic Games.
The new-look BWF tournament calendar sees a number of tournaments postponed from Q1 and Q2, and a handful of Grade 2 tournaments cancelled.
The season will start with the Yonex Thailand Open 2020 from January 17-21 and will conclude with the Russia Open on July 25.
The Olympic Qualifying period for the Race to Tokyo will restart in 2021 and the first tournament counting for qualification will be the Yonex Swiss Open 2021 to be held from March 2-7.
BWF ANNOUNCES TOURNAMENT CALENDAR FOR Q1 AND Q2 OF 2021 12/21/20
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has successfully completed a review process of the BWF Tournament Calendar for 2021, as well as procedures for reopening the BWF World Rankings and vital information related to qualification and seedings for the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
BWF can also announce a COVID-19 Support Package for tournament hosts that provides financial assistance and details cost relieving initiatives to ensure tournaments can continue to be part of the HSBC BWF World Tour and BWF Tour in 2021.
These decisions were ratified at the recent BWF Council Session, with numerous Member Association hosts consulted during the confirmation process.