Shuttlers concede defeat in race to Rio


GEORGETOWN, 22 Jan -- Pasangan beregu lelaki negara, Koo Kien Keat dan Tan Boon Heong (kanan) mengucapkan tahniah sesama sendiri selepas menewaskan beregu Jepun, Hiroyuki Saeki dan Ryota Taohata walaupun terpaksa bermain tiga set pada perlawanan suku akhir Kejohanan Badminton GP Emas Masters Malaysia di Spices Arena malam ini. Koo dan Tan menang 21-16, 20-22 dan 21-13. -- fotoBERNAMA (2016) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA

SHAH ALAM: Independent shuttlers Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong have conceded defeat in their bid to qualify for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in August.

Kien Keat-Boon Heong are now 14th in the men’s doubles race for the Olympics. They are running out of time to surpass Malaysian No. 1 Goh V Shem-Tan Wee Kiong who are 10th.

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