Kian Meng still eager to go to Rio albeit on lesser role

(BRIEF CAPTION) Malaysia mixed double pair Tan Kian Meng (left) and Li Pei Jing defeated Sonoda Keigo and Fukuman Naoko of Japan during the quarter-final round of the Malaysia Master badminton tournament at SPICE Arena in Penang .Star pic by: ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star / 22 January 2016.

PETALING JAYA: Mixed doubles shuttler Tan Kian Meng is delighted to be going to the Olympics – albeit as a sparring partner.

The 22-year-old Kian Meng and Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin, the national No. 2 men’s singles player, have been picked by the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) as the team’s sparring partners in Rio de Janeiro from Aug 5-21.