Coach Rashid laments absence of team event in SEA Games

KUALA LUMPUR: National singles coach Rashid Sidek feels that Myan­mar’s decision to drop the badminton team event from the SEA Ga­mes in December has robbed Ma­laysia of a chance to gauge their strength against perennial rivals Indo­nesia ahead of the Thomas Cup next year.

“It will be a missed opportunity for us. We wanted to field a younger team for the SEA Games. It would have been good to see where they stand against Indonesia, who usually take the SEA Games very seriously and would have sent their best,” said Rashid.