HYDERABAD: Former world No.1 Saina Nehwal, World Health Organization is facing associate degree arduous task of qualifying for Olympiad, urged the court game World Federation (BWF) to increase the Olympic qualification because the Corona virus eruption is forcing cancellation of s everal qualifying events. Next week's German Open BWF Super-300 tournament has been off and also the prestigious All European nation Championship, a Super-1000 event, to be command between March ten and fifteen is additionally seemingly to be off.
The Swiss Open BWF Super-300 tournament is additionally expected to be suspend because the Swiss government off the Moto show regular to be command last week. nation government issued a notification locution that events wherever one thousand or a lot of people are seemingly to assemble are going to be off.
Even in uk there are twenty confirmed Co-Vid-19 cases and one death had been rumored.
With the probabilities of many tournaments seemingly to be off, shuttlers like Saina, World Health Organization are troubled to urge into the top-16 of the rankings are losing stay over the qualification.
"Qualification amount is extended if the tournaments have gotten off explanation for coronavirus...It will b unfair for many of the players World Health Organization are extremely about to qualifying for Olympiad 2020," Saina wrote on her twitter handle, tagging BWF and International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Saina is lying twenty second within the race to tokyo rankings and desires a minimum of match finishes in 2 of following six tournaments to qualify for the quadrennial Games.
The situation is even worse for Kidambi Srikanth, World Health Organization is at No.21, as he has got to defend many ranking points within the next few tournaments.
Badminton at the Olympiad are going to be command between July twenty five and August three whereas the qualification ends with the Continental Championships (Asia and Europe) on Gregorian calendar month twenty six.
However, BWF created it clear that it's no plans to form any changes to the rules about the tokyo Games qualification amount.
Saina's husband Parupalli Kashyap, World Health Organization is at No.24 within the qualifying list, conjointly urged BWF to increase the qualification amount.
"Many players were black-and-blue within the last year once the qualification amount started and currently if they're work n hope to try to to well in the next events, what happens to their qualification probabilities...extend the qualification and certify they add on the events later or create it a good qualification," Kashyap wrote on twitter
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